AI Reading Diagnostics: Find Your Weakness
Test your confidence calibration and examine your reading habits — find out what’s actually holding you back.
Why Self-Diagnosis Matters
Generic reading advice fails because it assumes everyone has the same problem. “Read more” doesn’t help if your issue is comprehension. “Slow down” doesn’t help if your issue is focus. “Take notes” doesn’t help if your issue is not knowing what to note.
Reading comprehension diagnosis starts with figuring out what’s actually broken. Most reading problems fall into four categories: speed (too slow or too fast for the material), comprehension (understanding what you read), retention (remembering what you understood), and focus (staying engaged long enough to finish).
The two prompts above attack diagnosis from different angles. PR038 tests whether your confidence matches your actual understanding — a direct measure of comprehension accuracy. PR039 examines your reading habits to surface patterns that might be causing problems you haven’t identified.
The Self-Assessment Test (PR038)
Most readers are overconfident about their understanding. They finish a passage, feel like they “got it,” and move on. But feeling like you understood isn’t the same as actually understanding.
PR038 creates a feedback loop: rate your understanding, get tested, discover whether you were accurate. Over time, you’ll learn when your confidence matches reality and when you’re overestimating your comprehension.
The calibration data reveals patterns. If you’re consistently overconfident with technical content but well-calibrated with narratives, that tells you where to slow down and check yourself more carefully.
After getting calibration feedback, track a simple metric: how often were you overconfident vs. underconfident vs. accurate? After 10 sessions, you’ll have real data on your calibration patterns.
The Habits Reflection (PR039)
Sometimes the problem isn’t comprehension — it’s the approach. PR039 examines your reading habits against what skilled readers actually do.
Common patterns that PR039 catches include reading everything at the same speed (skilled readers adjust), skipping preview/review (which hurts retention), not taking notes when needed (or taking too many notes), and pushing through confusion instead of stopping to fix it.
Be honest when describing your habits. The prompt can only help if you accurately describe what you actually do, not what you think you should do.
Knowing your weakness is step one. Next, track your progress with the Progress Tracker (C032) and get personalized strategy advice with the Strategy Advisor (C033).
For more diagnostic and coaching tools, explore the full Reading Coach pillar or return to the AI for Reading hub.
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Run PR038 on your next reading session. Find out if you’re overconfident, underconfident, or well-calibrated.
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