Increase Student Reading Speed with Eyercize – Free Online Tool
If you have students who struggle with comprehension, it may be that their reading rate is too slow. Reading experts tell us that anything below 90 words per minute is probably too slow for understanding what we read. Some students may not realize that experienced readers read in groups of words, or chunks. Yet this basic skill can vastly improve the reading rate of slower readers.
Eyercize is a free online tool that may be able to help struggling readers increase their reading rate. The following screencast demonstrates some of Eyercize’s basic functions: