The Value of Curiosity
Reading Genius Methods to Comprehension
A fundamental key to learning fast is comprehending fast, And the fundamental key to comprehending fast is to build an insatiable curiosity for what one is about to read.
Understanding/Comprehension is key, Strachar claims, and most people don't do this very well.
Ed quickly points to various common academic scenarios in which students are obligated to learn or do through the motions without real zeal for the subject.
The key is to look at scenarios where people do learn fast. Those are situations where curiosity is at a peak. A heightened state of attention is accompanied by a thirst for each new passage.
Hollywood is a master at this and thus movies tend to stay with us for some time and have a tremendous cultural influence.
First, the 30-second summary is called a “trailer” in movie lingo.
Then the posters and ads give you an idea and build a level of interest to the point where someone will invest $8 and a few hours to find out.
The popularity of movies wins big compared to books. Movie producers, Ed argues despite his audience, know a lot more about accelerated learning than do most teachers.
Thus, the curiosity step is a straightforward process of going through the book, similar to most previewing techniques, of scanning any photos, graphs, and illustrations, as well as the index and TOC for clues and hints. The difference here is that Reading Genius® makes it a very energizing and active process.
The students are instructed to develop insatiable curiosity with a peak state of emotion and to do it at a frantic pace as if they are passionately searching for answers to questions in life. The emotion not only raises the energy level, something of a necessity for most slouched over reading positions but also it strongly assists in remembering details later.
Ed argues simply that our most vivid memories in life are our most emotional ones.
Understanding/Comprehension is key, and most people don't do this very well.
By: Ed Strachar, Creator Of Reading Genius®