Read Step by Step with Guided Study

What Is Guided Study?

Choose [Guided Study] from the mode row
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The selected mode and any progress information appear at the top of the white message box, above a thin divider. If there is no conversation history, you will see icons, brief instructions, and an example. Select About this mode to ask the AI for an explanation. To switch modes, select × and choose another one.

The tutorial is open, but you cannot see its main point or even find a question to ask. Guided Study gives you somewhere to begin: the AI picks a short passage from the current tutorial and works through it with you, one step at a time.

It follows the five steps of SQ3R:

Survey → Question → Read → Recite → Review

Follow the prompt and take one step at a time. You can look at the later steps when you get there.

The Five Steps

Step	What you do	Why it helps
Survey	Look at the headings and diagrams, then describe the general topic	Get an initial sense of what the passage covers
Question	Ask or confirm a question you want to answer	Give your reading a purpose
Read	Return to the selected passage and find the explanation you need	Find an answer and the reasons behind it
Recite	Look away from the text and answer in your own words	Find what you still cannot explain
Review	Answer briefly again or apply the idea in a small example	Check your understanding

All five steps can use the same short passage. If you have read it already, or a question is clear in your mind, carry on from that point.

An Example

Suppose you are studying the water cycle in a science course and want to know how water vapor becomes droplets.

You survey the headings and diagrams and see that the passage covers condensation. Then you read with a question in mind:

When does water vapor condense into droplets?

After reading, look away from the text and answer in your own words:

Water vapor can condense into droplets when it cools.

If you leave out cooling, the AI points out the gap and asks you to add it. It may then offer a small scenario to see whether you can use what you learned:

Why do droplets appear on the outside of a cold drink bottle taken from the fridge?

You could answer: Water vapor in the air cools against the bottle and condenses into droplets.

When You Need Help

If you cannot think of a question, say “Help me come up with a question for this passage.” The AI can suggest a question to guide your reading.

If you cannot explain the passage back, start with what you do understand. For example:

I know droplets appear on the outside of a cold drink bottle, but I'm not sure where the water comes from.

That tells the AI where a hint would help. If you still need to see how an answer might work, ask for an example or a sample answer. A sample may make sense while you read it. Set it aside afterward and try explaining the idea yourself.

If a concept remains unclear even with the text in front of you, switch to Q&A manually, clear it up, and return.

Start and Continue

Choose Guided Study and send “Start” or “Guide me through this section.” Then respond to each prompt.

To keep working on the current material, say “Continue.”
For help, say “Give me a hint” or “Give me an example.”
To move on after finishing a passage, say “Next.”
To change the scope, say which part you want to read.
To stop, say “Pause” or “Stop.”

Your own answer gives the AI something to check after the reading. Try putting it in your own words. Once your answer is clear, you can finish this cycle.

After reading, use Active Recall to check what you can explain without looking. For a single unclear sentence, Q&A may be enough.