I finally found youe email in my hotmail account But I decided to reply here.
Since you are having successful activations as well as unsuccessful ones notice what is going on. Chances are when you were successful you had a clearer purpose and knew what you wanted from the book.
Looking at an example you gave
quote:
"I desire this information from this chapter (21) of my economics textbook in order to prepare for class today (and so that I can get my highest possible passing grade on upcoming tests on this information)."
Say the subject of the chapter. If you ignore that and use that as an all purpose statement you're not really telling yourself what you want to know. So notice what the chapter heading is about and note that is the subject you are going to learn about.
It is important when you are reading and activating to remember what you are reading and activating about. If you are vague (using the passive reading approach) activation and learning will like putting together a jig saw puzzle without the picture on a box. Not impossible but very difficult to make a sound start. So make that mental snapshot of what the subject is about when you state your purpose.
Subvocalisation
Superread and dip more. This will reduce unnecessary subvocalisation. Some is still necessary for thinking and aiding memory so so it has it usefulness, especially in analytical thinking.
Activation
Instead of falling into the habit of wanting it all in one reading of the book or one activation pass. Set a timer 20 minutes is good and activate whe whole chapter or book in that time. It might seem impossible but do it anyway. Get in the habit of doing another activation pass and then another and another. The knowledge you build with each pass adds to long term memory and builds comprehension. If you want to succeed with PhotoReading I recommend that you err on the side of too many 20 minute activation layers than too few. It helps to build the confidence. builds the body mind connection and helps you reach a point when you can recognise that you have activated enough.
If you really want to get to the point of feeling comfortable and at ease with PhotoReading.
PhotoRead 3 to 10 books a day. The PhotoReading step on those books for 2 to 3 months.
Apply all the steps to at least one of those books each week. By that I mean on one of the books you will apply the five day test model each week. If you want me to say it differently. Do the 5 day test on one book a week for 2 to 3 months. You can include your school books in that. You've reached a point that you should be doing that with your textbooks anyway. Of course you may not need 5 days to fully activate a chapter and you amy even be able to activate 2 or 3 chapters of a textbook one one of the days of the five day approach. The idea is to follow the 5 day test model on any books that you want to fully activate.
Alex
