// class members
private TextView textView;
private in maxViewed = 0;
// in your onCreate method   
// find pointer to where you are displaying to user how many items he's viewed
textView = (TextView)findViewById(R.id.textView); // make sure to make this item in your layout
// make the scroll listener for the listview
listView.setOnScrollListener(new OnScrollListener(){
    public void onScroll(AbsListView view, int firstVisibleItem,
            int visibleItemCount, int totalItemCount) { 
    }
    public void onScrollStateChanged(AbsListView view, int scrollState) {   
        // keep track of how many items we've viewed         
        maxViewed = Math.max(maxViewed, listView.getLastVisiblePosition());
        textView.setText(String.valueOf(maxViewed));
    }
});