Baseline
The session opens with a quick read of where the learner is right now. How do they currently approach a paper? What is their default study pattern? The baseline is honest and uncritical.
Protocol
The practitioner introduces the diagnostic-led method. How to read a paper before answering it. How to classify the errors that show up. How to know what kind of mistake you are making.
Application
Learners apply the protocol to live work in the room. Real questions. Real attempts. Real reflection. The method is not explained at them. It is run with them, on actual material.
Gap ID
Each learner identifies the gap that the protocol surfaced for them. Not the practitioner's read. The learner's own articulation of where the breakdown sits, in their own words.
Take-home
The learner leaves with a printed protocol they can use the next time they sit down to study. The workshop ends. The method continues. The framework is built to outlast the room.