What's your record for pages of school material read within 24 hours?

[jgk3]

Some of us here cram on the last day before an exam or essay or whatever, see... So we set records for these things, though they don't necessarily help us achieve a great mark.

Yesterday and today, I read the the first half of required readings in the syllabus for one of my courses (on language acquisition, which was an insightful and relevant read, given the fact that reading as an activity engages you directly in language use/comprehension. This is perhaps one of the treats of studying cognitive sciences). In total, it amounted to about 200 pages on pdf, some of the articles having two textbook pages screened per pdf page. Within the 24 hour margin, I'd say I at least covered 140 pages.

How about you? I have a hunch that some of you (I'm guessing maybe Anon or Siggie) will call this amount peanuts for 24 hours :P

[One-Way]

Re: What's your record for pages of school material read within 24 hours?

Hm, I'm pretty sure I have done a couple hundred - a little more than you - within 24 hours. I can't remember the exact number but it was probably close to 300. I'd say it was for English in college.

[Siggie]

Re: What's your record for pages of school material read within 24 hours?

Yeah, that's peanuts. I don't usually do my reading for a single class meeting (so 1 weeks assignment) until the night before and then spill over into the day of... And we single articles that are 70-90 pages are not unusual. My weekly reading for 1 class is easily 150 pages on average. I remember one particularly bad week, we had about 250 pages.
Law reading doesn't tend to be as lengthy, but it's more dense. I have to read that a bit more cautiously (and thus, slowly) than my psych reading which mostly consists of published articles.

[jgk3]

Re: What's your record for pages of school material read within 24 hours?

yeah, I can imagine that being pretty bad.

By the end, since I was running out of time, I used the hand tool for scrolling on the pdf and just kept moving the page up (and the text down) at a steady pace, so maybe I'd take 10-20 seconds per page and I managed to force my sensory memory to absorb everything on the screen much quicker. Have you surveyed anything about reading strategies Siggie? It entails sensory and working memory. Have you formulated any tips for your students, or have read any material that could do such a thing?

[Anonymouse]

Re: What's your record for pages of school material read within 24 hours?

Haha I have you all beat. Try 500 for one day on a bad day of a bad week.

[One-Way]

Re: What's your record for pages of school material read within 24 hours?

Haha I have you all beat. Try 500 for one day on a bad day of a bad week.

That time of the month, eh?

[Pazooki]

Re: What's your record for pages of school material read within 24 hours?

Haha I have you all beat. Try 500 for one day on a bad day of a bad week.

Same I had to read 474 Pages in one day on a bad week for English in only 6-10 hours

[jgk3]

Re: What's your record for pages of school material read within 24 hours?

lol wow... Did you guys speed through it at least?

[Siggie]

Re: What's your record for pages of school material read within 24 hours?

Reading for English is easier than reading legal stuff or scientific stuff. I read literature at a much faster face.

I don't have strategies jgk... Other than get started early so you can still read it all.
Speed reading doesn't work. You sacrifice comprehension.

Sensory memory for vision (called iconic memory) lasts a fraction of a second.

[Siggie]

Re: What's your record for pages of school material read within 24 hours?

Haha I have you all beat. Try 500 for one day on a bad day of a bad week.

That's for more than one class though right? My numbers were from one class.