Professional Documents
Culture Documents
6. Do Scanning
What is scanning?
Passing the vision speedily over a
selection of text to find specific words
or phrases
Skipping over large portions of texts to
find what you are looking form
Speed ranges above 1000 words per
minute
Covers more area than skimming within
the same amount of time
Does not require reading of entire texts
May be limited to specific information
and may not help the reader understand
the general idea