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Scan Artist
How Evelyn Wood Convinced the World That Speed-Reading Worked
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About this book
The best-known educator of the 20thĀ century was a scammer in cashmere. "The most famous reading teacher in the world," as television hosts introduced her, Evelyn Wood had little classroom experience, no degrees in reading instruction, and a background that included cooperation with the Third Reich. Nevertheless, a nation spooked by Sputnik and panicked by paperwork eagerly embraced her promises of a speed-reading revolution. Journalists, lawmakers, and two US presidents lent credibility to Wood's claims of turbocharging reading speeds. A royal-born Wood grad said she'd polished off
Moby Dick in three hours; a senator swore he finished one book per lunchtime. Fudging test results and squelching critics, Wood maintained herĀ popularity even as science proved that her system taught only skimming, with disastrous effects on comprehension. As apps and online courses attempt to spark a speed-reading revival, this engaging look at Wood's rise from missionary to marketer exposes the pitfalls of wishful thinking.
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Edition
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Education BiographiesTable of contents
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication Page
- Contents
- Prologue
- 1 Charm School
- 2 Third-Reich Interlude
- 3 Habits ofĀ Highly Effective Readers
- 4 WeĀ Have Liftoff
- 5 TheĀ KidĀ Farm
- 6 Bunk andĀ Debunkers
- 7 Civil War
- 8 Consulting theĀ Oracle
- 9 Times AreĀ A-Changin'
- 10 Snake inĀ theĀ Grass
- 11 White Knight
- 12 Rehab
- 13 Carved inĀ Stone
- Epilogue
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
- Selected Bibliography
- Index
- Photos Insert