Coaching practices for Question Driven Reading

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• I read just to "get through" the material, passively absorbing, and nothing sticks because I’m not actually looking for anything
• My eyes pass over every line but nothing is actually pulling me through the page
• I keep reading the same paragraph three times because halfway through I’m already skimming ahead just to "get through it," and I never let any one chunk land before I’m racing on to the next one.
• It all makes perfect sense while I’m reading it, so I assume I’ve got it
• On the page it all feels familiar and obvious, so I’m sure I’ve got it

Practices that may help

1. Generate questions before reading to drive deep processing
   Set specific questions you want answered before engaging with any material — questions activate deeper processing than passive reading.
   Levels of Processing: Why Depth of Encoding Determines What You Remember
2. Turn every heading into a question
   Convert "Types of Memory" into "What are the types of memory, and how do they differ?"
   The SQ3R Method for Active Reading
3. Read one section at a time with full attention
   Read one section completely before moving on — no skipping ahead to "get through it."
   The SQ3R Method for Active Reading
4. Real-time self-monitoring
   Check comprehension actively during study — pausing to test yourself rather than assuming understanding.
   Self-Regulated Learning: Taking Control of How You Learn
5. Recite the key points without looking back
   Close the book and say — or write — the answer to your question before reading the next section.
   The SQ3R Method for Active Reading
6. The SQ3R Method for Active Reading
   SQ3R (Survey, Question, Read, Recite, Review) is a structured reading strategy developed by Francis Robinson in 1941. By turning passive reading into an active question-and-retrieval loop, it reliably improves comprehension and retention compared with straight linear reading — though it demands more time and deliberate effort.
7. Write to the question your reader has in mind, not the question you found interesting
   Start from the reader’s situation and their pressing question — not from your analysis and its conclusions.
   The Minto Pyramid Principle
8. Generation over passivity
   Generate the content yourself — complete a sentence, solve a problem, predict the next step — rather than reading it.
   The Fluency Illusion: Why Easy Reading Fools You Into Thinking You’ve Learned
9. Lectio: reading slowly and receptively
   Read a short passage slowly, listening for a word or phrase that strikes you.
   Lectio Divina: Sacred Reading
10. Survey the material before you read
    Spend a few minutes scanning headings, visuals, and summaries before reading a word.
    The SQ3R Method for Active Reading

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