The psychology and pedagogy of reading

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I was a slow reader for a long time, and after going through several disappointing "Speed Reading" programs, I decided to research the topic more academically. Here is some clips from Alice Krumian's 2000 dissertation and related research books: "Professor Javal, a French physician and psychologist at the University of Paris, was one of the first researchers to note the actual character of the eyes' movement in reading. In 1878 he published the first account of systematic observations of eye movements during reading. His work stimulated other researchers to work on similar problems, and by 1908, when Huey published the first important book on the psychology of reading, a considerable amount of information had already been gathered. Huey acknowledged that Javal deserves more than anyone else the credit for making the initial discoveries in…