CRACK READING mostly 15s. Questions.

[Fashionation]

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All Crack Reading 15s while all Qvault 19s. VERY INSUFFICIENT confidence I have.

I am a slow reader but I think it's not reading problem because I have been reading passages most of the time during crack reading. But the answer choices seem to be unclear an ambigious (To Me). And looks like I don't get the point of questions (or what the writer intends to ask)

I would like to ask those who did Crack Reading: how can I practice and improve accuracy (of understanding or of reading writer's points out of similar choices?)
It's different than speedy reading skill and it's meaningless to read fast if we don't understand right!

 

[dmdluffy]

All Crack Reading 15s while all Qvault 19s. VERY INSUFFICIENT confidence I have.

I am a slow reader but I think it's not reading problem because I have been reading passages most of the time during crack reading. But the answer choices seem to be unclear an ambigious (To Me). And looks like I don't get the point of questions (or what the writer intends to ask)

I would like to ask those who did Crack Reading: how can I practice and improve accuracy (of understanding or of reading writer's points out of similar choices?)
It's different than speedy reading skill and it's meaningless to read fast if we don't understand right!

Crack DAT Reading was a bit harder than the real test in my opinion. It asked a lot questions about subtle things mentioned/inferred in the passage. In the real DAT, questions were straight forward. I was pulling around 22's on CDR and ended up with a 24 on the actual DAT.

I think the "being a slow reader" thing is crap however. I remember listening to MCAT audio osmosis and they made a great point that no matter how slow you think you read, you have enough time to read all these passages. You might be losing time depending on if you are trying to implement some system like skimming/S&D or whatever else is out there. For me, I took my time and read through the passage once and just answered questions. Probably half of the questions I remembered and the other half I had to refer back to the passage just to be sure or find the answer.

 

[Fashionation]

Thank you and it's good point. As you pointed out - even if I am a slow reader, I was able to read the passage within the given time but the score tells me that I 'd answered alot of them wrong. So it's matter of understanding and/or not getting the points. Looks like it only needs little gear change but I don't know what it is yet.

Crack DAT Reading was a bit harder than the real test in my opinion. It asked a lot questions about subtle things mentioned/inferred in the passage. In the real DAT, questions were straight forward. I was pulling around 22's on CDR and ended up with a 24 on the actual DAT.

I think the "being a slow reader" thing is crap however. I remember listening to MCAT audio osmosis and they made a great point that no matter how slow you think you read, you have enough time to read all these passages. You might be losing time depending on if you are trying to implement some system like skimming/S&D or whatever else is out there. For me, I took my time and read through the passage once and just answered questions. Probably half of the questions I remembered and the other half I had to refer back to the passage just to be sure or find the answer.

 

[IsaacYankem]

Fortunately RC seems to be the section of the DAT that I'm doing the best on. I got a 24 first time around, and am in that range when doing practice exams.

I mark 2 columns on my scrap sheet and then take the first 3-4 minutes quickly reading the questions for each passage. If it's general overview (such as theme, implications or whatever) I mark the question # in the left hand column. If it's a specific detail I'll mark the question # in the right hand column and the topic being asked on - say Squamous Cell Epithelium. With practice, you can do this part very quickly because you're basically skimming the questions to find out where your points come from.

You're now not frantically rushing through the passage. When you hit a trigger word for a specific detail question you hit it, answer it, mark it off and move on.

 

[JonLee]

All Crack Reading 15s while all Qvault 19s. VERY INSUFFICIENT confidence I have.

I am a slow reader but I think it's not reading problem because I have been reading passages most of the time during crack reading. But the answer choices seem to be unclear an ambigious (To Me). And looks like I don't get the point of questions (or what the writer intends to ask)

I would like to ask those who did Crack Reading: how can I practice and improve accuracy (of understanding or of reading writer's points out of similar choices?)
It's different than speedy reading skill and it's meaningless to read fast if we don't understand right!

I am a slow reader as well. CDR was slightly more difficult imo (scored a couple points higher on the real DAT RC).

As far as how you can practice and improve accuracy, I always try to make myself find the passage I'm reading interesting. If you can trick yourself into finding the material interesting (or if you just genuinely do) you will find that recalling information is a LOT easier.

Also, you are right. I don't recommend skimming. If you are like me, skimming might save you a couple of minutes/passage, but in the big scheme of things it is not worth it for the understanding that gets sacrificed in the process.

Wish you luck! If it's of any comfort to you, my verbal SAT score was ravaged because of all the stupid tone/inference questions, so my confidence about RC on the DAT was low, but in the end it turned out to be my highest score!

 

[wired202808]

Crack DAT Reading was a bit harder than the real test in my opinion. It asked a lot questions about subtle things mentioned/inferred in the passage. In the real DAT, questions were straight forward. I was pulling around 22's on CDR and ended up with a 24 on the actual DAT.

I think the "being a slow reader" thing is crap however. I remember listening to MCAT audio osmosis and they made a great point that no matter how slow you think you read, you have enough time to read all these passages. You might be losing time depending on if you are trying to implement some system like skimming/S&D or whatever else is out there. For me, I took my time and read through the passage once and just answered questions. Probably half of the questions I remembered and the other half I had to refer back to the passage just to be sure or find the answer.

I agree with this I think CDR is an an excellent tool for the real DAT and its pretty comparable to the real exam. I also scored in the 20s on the practice exams and scored a 25 on the real RC section.

 

[exuberant]

I agree with this I think CDR is an an excellent tool for the real DAT and its pretty comparable to the real exam. I also scored in the 20s on the practice exams and scored a 25 on the real RC section.

25 on RC is killer. Did you use anything else to prepare for that section?

 

[wired202808]

25 on RC is killer. Did you use anything else to prepare for that section?

I used Achiever (way too hard for RC), Topscore (way too easy for RC) and the ADA 2009 Paid Exam (way too hard for RC.)

CDR is the best resource to use, practice with it and expect good things!