Reading smart (B&S3, p16, Study skills)

What we read

We have read and done (I hope) the online version of the check questions that are Stella Cottrell's Study skill's reading "Am I a smart reader" on page 16 of Skillful (2013).

Bixby and Scanlon include one of these Study skill pages after every unit. Each focuses on one point that is important in academic reading and writing: reading skills certainly qualify as important for us. 

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Our response 

I turned this page into a Google Form to help you review your own habits by actually doing the survey in a way that records your responses in the summary of our answers. The answers are not right or wrong, but I liked Cottrell's thoughtful choice of questions intended to push us to think about what we do when we are reading. I hope that you also found the survey a useful exercise. 

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My question

One of her questions is "Do I read any subheadings?" And on page 16, Cottrell uses a lot of subheadings to organize the various aspects of reading habits that she thinks important. As I answered her questions for myself, I thought some of her headings and the Yes/No questions were more important than others. One group in particular stood out for me personally. You might have different ideas on this, which is fine: we don't expect everyone to respond in exactly the same way, but we are interested not only in the varied responses, but in the reasons, which can help us to get a different perspective. 

So what do you think? (In less formal writing, I'm OK indulging the modern trend of starting a sentence with the coordinating conjunction so.) 

• Which group of questions and specific questions do  you think are most useful for us here? Why do you think that? 

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Reference

• Cottrell, S. (2013). Am I a smart reader. In J. Bixby, & J. Scanlon. Skillful Reading & Writing, Student's Book 3 (p. 16). Oxford: Macmillan Education