There are different types of skills used when
approaching reading material. This technique is used
when a person wants to find a specific item such as a
telephone number, a date, a time, and so on. For
instance, people often want to find flight or train
schedules, or they look for a page in a telephone book.
This technique involves rapid movement of a person's
eyes up and down a page. After locating the piece of
information that the person desires, he / she may then
skim the text for further information.
The reading technique that the text above refers to is
called: