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{{FAQ
|From=Jakub
|Sent=Jan 28, 2013
|Subject=SuperMemo Adventures Blog
|Q=I've tried to read something about [[incremental reading]] but I didn't really get how it's different from just reading an article in my web browser, highlighting important points and then making flash cards out of them:
http://supermemoadventures.blogspot.com/2013/01/incremental-reading-video.html
|Hints=There are many differences. You cannot use your method easily if you have hundreds of articles, or if you read a very long article. You may employ various tools for bookmarks, highlights, read points, etc. However, you won't easily prioritize, sort, organize, schedule, re-prioritize, search & review, etc. The whole SuperMemo "engine" in the background is the most important component. For a larger volume of material, you will probably be just 5-10% as effective as with incremental reading (in the long run). 

One advantage of using the browser: if you have to copy&paste your flashcards, you will create fewer of them and you will be more selective, which is always a difficult skill in incremental readers :)
|A== tools =

In incremental reading you can use the following tools:
* article prioritization
* article scheduling
* article sorting
* read points
* cloze deletions (simpler, faster and more accurate than multiple copy, paste and edit)
* extracts that leave the trace of prior work, set read-points, schedule and prioritize most important pieces of information
* search & review
* many more (see: [[Minimum definition of incremental reading]]

In short, superficially, [[incremental reading]] may seem like a fancy way of reading in SuperMemo. However, on closer scrutiny, incremental reading is to browser reading like jet travel is to walking.

= habit change =

Incremental reading is likely to reduce your tolerance for:
* texts with low information content (high prose, low fact)
* poorly structured texts
* texts with referential ambiguities
* texts with low context reference
* texts with poor information anchoring (needed for speed-reading)

Incremental reading will sharpen your skills in:
* text selection
* text prioritization
* semantic/structural processing
* mnemonic processing
* [http://super-memory.com/articles/speedread.htm speed-reading]

= see also =
* [http://super-memory.com/articles/speedread.htm Incremental reading is faster than speed-reading]
* [[Incremental reading is useless]]
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