Pilot research at University of Greenwich 2014
Intensive SuperReading Course (RON COLE) Successfully Piloted at Greenwich University
The 8 week SuperReading course has been redesigned as a 4 day intensive option building in 7 hours of supervised eye-hopping practice. It was piloted at Greenwich University from 5 to 8 January, 2015, with support from AchieveAbility and Melanie Thorley (Disability Project Officer and AccessAbility Project Co-ordinator).
10 students and 4 staff participated in the pilot. The mean Reading Effectiveness (RE = speed x comprehension/recall) of the group increased from better than 30% of the population to better than 95%.
On the first day, 8 of the 10 students had scored below average on the baseline RE test (ranging from better than 1 - 8% of the population). However, by the 4th consecutive day, all had at least doubled their RE raw score and only one remained below average (lowest 16%); six now scored above the mean, and three of these scored above average (specifically better than 96% of the population). One student progressed from better than 5% of the population, to better than 99.9% (see graph below).
This represents a mean increase of 33.7 standardised points (or 2.25 Standard Deviations) in just 4 days. Bearing in mind that a full school year usually produces approximately 0.5 Standard Deviations in progress, this is an extraordinary result; especially when we consider that 3 of the students are believed to be dyslexic and 4 of them have English as an additional language. (One of the students also missed the second day due to illness).
Feedback from the participants includes:
I think the most valuable thing is that it has made me love reading again as I rarely read anything in the last 3 years
We received some very useful and astonishing experiences and techniques.
Reading has never been my strongest asset, and on this course my reading effectiveness score improved dramatically.(Her score actually became better than 99.9% of the population).
I really increased my speed of reading and also my comprehension increased a lot.
My scores increased considerably and I found the previewing reading reviewing formula very helpful. I would recommend this course.
A daily difference I've seen is that my reading speed is a lot faster when I read novels. As well as that my comprehension has definitely gone up.
I would highly recommend the course be taught to more people. I am sure they wouldn't know how good it is until they have attended. Am (sic) most importantly amazed by the results at the end.
The following full feedback from Moe Hydar, a student on the pilot, captures what a lot of the participants of SuperReading have felt:
I am shocked to say that this method of reading actually works. You tend to hear about these fancy crash courses that claim to make you smarter or become a millionaire almost instantly, without any proof.
You do your best to keep away from them no matter how good it sounds; you just know to yourself that it's just a hoax.
Well the SuperReading course I got to actually see the progress I was making from actual data. Plus I noticed myself that I was doing much better than I had ever achieved before when trying to remember what I had read.
Thanks to this I can now go back to reading more books because I know I will be able to remember what it was that I read, instead of proactively forgetting as I progressed through the book, making it seem like a waste of time.
SuperReading is highly recommended.
Dr Ross Cooper, January, 2015.
The 8 week SuperReading course has been redesigned as a 4 day intensive option building in 7 hours of supervised eye-hopping practice. It was piloted at Greenwich University from 5 to 8 January, 2015, with support from AchieveAbility and Melanie Thorley (Disability Project Officer and AccessAbility Project Co-ordinator).
10 students and 4 staff participated in the pilot. The mean Reading Effectiveness (RE = speed x comprehension/recall) of the group increased from better than 30% of the population to better than 95%.
On the first day, 8 of the 10 students had scored below average on the baseline RE test (ranging from better than 1 - 8% of the population). However, by the 4th consecutive day, all had at least doubled their RE raw score and only one remained below average (lowest 16%); six now scored above the mean, and three of these scored above average (specifically better than 96% of the population). One student progressed from better than 5% of the population, to better than 99.9% (see graph below).
This represents a mean increase of 33.7 standardised points (or 2.25 Standard Deviations) in just 4 days. Bearing in mind that a full school year usually produces approximately 0.5 Standard Deviations in progress, this is an extraordinary result; especially when we consider that 3 of the students are believed to be dyslexic and 4 of them have English as an additional language. (One of the students also missed the second day due to illness).
Feedback from the participants includes:
I think the most valuable thing is that it has made me love reading again as I rarely read anything in the last 3 years
We received some very useful and astonishing experiences and techniques.
Reading has never been my strongest asset, and on this course my reading effectiveness score improved dramatically.(Her score actually became better than 99.9% of the population).
I really increased my speed of reading and also my comprehension increased a lot.
My scores increased considerably and I found the previewing reading reviewing formula very helpful. I would recommend this course.
A daily difference I've seen is that my reading speed is a lot faster when I read novels. As well as that my comprehension has definitely gone up.
I would highly recommend the course be taught to more people. I am sure they wouldn't know how good it is until they have attended. Am (sic) most importantly amazed by the results at the end.
The following full feedback from Moe Hydar, a student on the pilot, captures what a lot of the participants of SuperReading have felt:
I am shocked to say that this method of reading actually works. You tend to hear about these fancy crash courses that claim to make you smarter or become a millionaire almost instantly, without any proof.
You do your best to keep away from them no matter how good it sounds; you just know to yourself that it's just a hoax.
Well the SuperReading course I got to actually see the progress I was making from actual data. Plus I noticed myself that I was doing much better than I had ever achieved before when trying to remember what I had read.
Thanks to this I can now go back to reading more books because I know I will be able to remember what it was that I read, instead of proactively forgetting as I progressed through the book, making it seem like a waste of time.
SuperReading is highly recommended.
Dr Ross Cooper, January, 2015.
