going over verbal...what to do oh WHAT TO DO!

[thadarknyte]

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So yea, i know this question is coming a little late, but I figured id ask. WHen you guys do a verbal test and then go over your wrong answers...what exactly are u guys doing?

Like what I do is basically find the ones i got wrong and see why i got those wrong. BUT i feel that this doesnt really help me. (in the sense that i cant incorporate it when i do my next verbal test)

Like if i get a question wrong that asked for the age of the asteroid or something, ill see the correct answer, and be like, oh okay, i got it wrong because i missed that detail in paragraph two that told me how the age is determined...but how does knowing that help me with my future tests??

ahh help...ive plateud so this is my last attempt to try to increase my score, please help!

 

[Anastasis]

So yea, i know this question is coming a little late, but I figured id ask. WHen you guys do a verbal test and then go over your wrong answers...what exactly are u guys doing?

Like what I do is basically find the ones i got wrong and see why i got those wrong. BUT i feel that this doesnt really help me. (in the sense that i cant incorporate it when i do my next verbal test)

Like if i get a question wrong that asked for the age of the asteroid or something, ill see the correct answer, and be like, oh okay, i got it wrong because i missed that detail in paragraph two that told me how the age is determined...but how does knowing that help me with my future tests??

ahh help...ive plateud so this is my last attempt to try to increase my score, please help!

It's more what TYPE of question you're missing. For instance, if you find that you miss those detail questions alot then you might want to spend a sec to check the passage (remember, this is verbal so that info WILL be in the passage).

There are other tactics depending on what exactly you've been missing.

 

[bwschwa]

i'm in the same boat. obviously you can understand why you got it wrong when you have unlimited time you read the passage again. It doesn't help me either.

Some people say you can find common traps but all of the passages are so different I haven't really found anything that can apply to a passage in general.

 

[thadarknyte]

anyone else have any more tips?