Yes No 1. Reading makes unusual or unique demands on a reader.

Yes No 2. Reading is a form of the thinking process. You read with your brain, not your eyes.

Yes No 3. Reading is a one-step process.

Yes No 4. Effective readers constantly seek to bring meaning to the text.

Yes No 5. Many comprehension problems are not just reading problems.

Yes No 6. Good readers are sensitive to how the material they are using is structured or organized.

Yes No 7. Speed and comprehension are independent of each other.

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No 1. Reading makes unusual or unique demands on a reader.

Reading actually does not make unusual demands on a reader. The same mental processes you use to "read" people’s faces or grasp the main idea of a situation you observe are used when you read.

Yes 2. Reading is a form of the thinking process. You read with your brain, not your eyes.

Your eyes simply transmit images to the brain. Improving your reading means improving your thinking, not practicing moving your eyes across a page!

No 3. Reading is a one-step process.

Reading includes three steps: a) preparing yourself to read (thinking about what you already know about a subject and setting purposes for reading); b) processing information; and c) reacting to what you read.

Yes 4. Effective readers constantly seek to bring meaning to the text.

When they are not comprehending, they takes steps to understand the material.

Yes 5. Many comprehension problems are not just reading problems.

If you fail to understand something you are reading, it could be because it is poorly written. More likely, however, you lack the background information needed to comprehend–you wouldn’t understand even if someone read it aloud to you. Perhaps you need to read an easier book on the subject first.

Yes 6. Good readers are sensitive to how the material they are using is structured or organized.

Good readers know the subject matter and main idea of each paragraph and understand how each paragraph is organized (for example, sequence, listing, cause and effect, comparison, and definition.

Yes 7. Speed and comprehension are independent of each other.

The more quickly you can understand something, the faster you can read it. However, "speed" without comprehension is meaningless. Reading is more than just your eyes traveling across the page.

Final analysis: If you answered more than five questions wrong, you may want to talk to someone about your reading skills. You have to get this skill up to par to succeed in college.