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Originally posted by jpc1804:
Let's say I have a 5 chapter book. The whole mind reading system seems to suggest that we initially answer one main question per chapter and then going back for more if more questions arise.
You can have as many mind probing questions as you like before a pass of SuperReading & Dipping.
*Tip - Each time you stop and Dip, as soon as you get the gist of the paragraph, or page, then immediately fire off a question about it in your mind. Be curious about the content within each place you Dip.
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Let's say that from the start you have more questions for each chapter. What's wrong with plowing through each chapter to answer all your questions aka reading the chapter?
It will always depend on your purpose for reading the book in the first place, and the time you have available.
It's like, when you're driving on the freeway and the speed limit is 70 mph, you could drive as slow as 45 mph. But, wouldn't you rather get to where you are going, so you can spend your time doing other things you'd rather be doing?
PhotoReading develops your abilities as a skilled "learner." You learn how to determine in advance how any printed information is important to you and how much time you need to spend on it in order to demonstrate competency with that knowledge, so you can achieve your goals.
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What is the technical answer to why whole to part learning helps us learn more effectively. In my example, whole to part learning is answering general questions first and then getting to more specific questions if necessary.
That's how activation works.
The Prepare/Preview/PhotoRead steps get all the information into your other-than-conscious processor. Then, the Activation techniques trigger all the information up into your conscious mind according to your purpose/outcome statements in the Prepare step. You learn the material better, understand it more deeply, and retain it longer, and you spend a third to a fifth of the amount of time you'd normally have to spend with regular reading & re-reading & re-reading.
If your goal is to memorize the entire book, then consider the "Memory Optimizer" course, which captures the latest brain research from the 1990's on how memory really works.
http://www.learningstrategies.com/Memory/Home.html
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My goal is detailed information from the chapters.
So you can accomplish what?
How high a level of comprehension do you need from each chapter in order to achieve your goal for reading?
How many activation passes have you spent on your book?
How are you measuring your comprehension?
