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...trotter" strides diagonally, pairing his right foreleg and left rear leg, then his left fore and right rear; a "pacer" strides in parallel fashion, both right legs followed by both left...
Watching Joan's hand fly over the pages (her hand acts as a pacer) you can't believe that she's actually reading. She must be skimming...
...also critical of reading courses that use a mechanical pacer, as students tend to revert to previous reading speeds once the pacer is not there to help them. When reading dynamically, the reader's hand is used as a pacer. Improvement by typical graduates In words per minute.** BOSTON AND PROVIDENCE Name Occupation Easy Beg. Easy End. Dif. Beg. Dif. End. Ackley, Frederick, Minister 467 1491 317 1112 Barry, Louise, Housewife 406 1392 433 1240 Bellin, Steven, Student 404 1015 406 2112 Cagle, Ralph, Graduate Student 672 1500 464 1584 Cembrola, Joe, Student 336 1120 257 900 Demers, Paula, Student...
...been centered on senior Jim Baker and sophomore Roy Shaw, who have taken turns this season deflating Harvard's indoor record in the mile. Shaw, in perhaps the season's most touted performance, ran a brilliant 4:02.8 mile at Dartmouth a week ago, without the aid of a pacer, to break his own University record...
...also critical of reading courses that use a mechanical pacer, as students tend to revert to previous reading speeds once the pacer is not there to help them. When reading dynamically, the reader's hand is used as a pacer...