This Filipina Is The World’s Fastest Reader
In July of , a Filipina teenager became an international sensation when her phenomenal feat was reported by the Associated Press of the U.S.
“In the time it takes that most people read the label on a cereal box,” the story began, “fifteen year-old Maria Teresa Calderon could read half a book, or more—if she didn’t have to turn the pages.”
Such was the extraordinary gift of Calderon—for, at Northwestern University’s Rapid Reading class under Dr. Florence Schale, she had read a three-page college level essay containing 3, words in seconds—a reading rate of more than 50, words per minute (wpm), with a remarkable % comprehension! (Note: an average person reads wpm, with 70% comprehension).
While Calderon’s reading skill was not unique (Economist Stuart Mill could read 37, wpm, writer Oscar Wilde could read a paper at a glance, and even Ferdinand Marcos was said to speed-read at a rate of 8, wpm), it was her achievement that made it to major papers in the U.S, and was headlined in Manila dailies.
At the 2nd World Congress of the International Reading Association in Copenhagen in August , Calderon was the talk of the conf
By Sol Cali
FORMER Philippine President Ferdinand E. Marcos was reported to read 8, words per minute (wpm), former U.S. Presidents John F. Kennedy, 6, wpm, and Theodore Roosevelt can glance at a page and repeat the contents verbatim.
An average college student from top colleges and universities in the country can read from wpm with 60% to 70%+ comprehension. Educators call those who can read over 20, wpm with more than 75% comprehension, gifted people. Yet in July , a teen-age Filipina at the Northwestern University (Chicago, Illinois) was recorded to read at 50, wpm with % comprehension. She was Maria Theresa Fabros Calderon, who was a participant in the university’s Rapid Reading Program.
It appeared that some doubtful experts in that part of the world did not accept the result hook, line, and sinker. Thus, reading experts from the Northwestern University, Purdue University, University of Minnesota and University of Illinois conducted a reading test later. The result, Caldero
World's fastest reader at a speed of 80, wpm with % comprehension - Prof. Schale
THE WORLD&#;S FASTEST READER IS NOW DEAN OF ARELLANO UNIVERSITY&#;S GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION
Maria Teresa F. Calderon, Ph.D.
ON JULY 17, , Professor Florence Schale, Director for Rapid Reading Program of Northwestern University in Chicago, Illinois, told the whole world that her prize pupil established a score of 50, words per minute for the record books with one hundred percent comprehension in her final exams.
Prof. Schale's prize pupil was the "petite, smiling, warm and unassuming" year old Maria Teresa Fabros Calderon from the Philippines.
In subsequent tests given by the University of Minnesota, the University of Illinois, the Purdue University and Northwestern University, Maritess reset the record books with her reading speed of 80, words per minute with percent comprehension.
Newspapers across the world bannered her name, paid tribute to her exceptional ability, and gave her an honorific title: "World's Fastest Reader."
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"EXPERTS SAY, we ordinarily read at about words a minute wit
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We all know the feeling of being overwhelmed by information, and so we set out to find out how you can increase the speed and efficiency of your reading. Speed reading can save time and help you to process information available to you, learn more quickly and more broadly. Imagine being able to read a book before breakfast every single day, like American president Theodore Roosevelt did. Anyone can improve their reading speed, but there are some people who are ridiculously good at it. Superspeedreaders. Who are they? Just how fast can they really read? And how do they do it?
Maria Teresa f Calderon (PHD): (80 wpm, % comprehension). Apparently documented in the Encyclopaiedia Britannica () at the age of 15 for being able to read at the rate of one page per second. Today she can read a book in about 20 minutes. She has been teaching people to improve their reading both internationally and in her home country, the Phillipines, since she was 18 years old.
Dr Calderon shared in an interview that&#;Speed reading simply means efficient reading. I believe that this ability is but a reflection of
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