How do you keep track of details in TPR VR? Like philosophy/psg4 in vr workbook

[Gauss44]

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How do you keep track of details in TPR VR? Like philosophy passages or passage #4 in TBR's VR workbook...

A lot of TPR questions ask about details. I'm not always sure where to find them. If you used a passage map on TPR passage 4, maybe you would be willing to share it?

(I am use to using EK which I find easier when it comes to locating details.)

 

[sshah92]

How do you keep track of details in TPR VR? Like philosophy passages or passage #4 in TBR's VR workbook...

A lot of TPR questions ask about details. I'm not always sure where to find them. If you used a passage map on TPR passage 4, maybe you would be willing to share it?

(I am use to using EK which I find easier when it comes to locating details.)

Mapping in my opinion takes too much time. When you read, try to internalize as you go along. Remember that the VR is meant to be finished by an AVERAGE reader, so you can definitely finish in time (20 min of reading with about 40 min of answering questions, or 1 question answered per minute). The problem with mapping is that you can easily lose track of the deeper meaning in a paragraph. The answer choices will reflect the nuances of the passage you really just want to get into the head of the writer/question writers.

This might help: http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?t=988678 and scroll down to the part about Verbal Reasoning

 

[Gauss44]

Mapping in my opinion takes too much time. When you read, try to internalize as you go along. Remember that the VR is meant to be finished by an AVERAGE reader, so you can definitely finish in time (20 min of reading with about 40 min of answering questions, or 1 question answered per minute). The problem with mapping is that you can easily lose track of the deeper meaning in a paragraph. The answer choices will reflect the nuances of the passage you really just want to get into the head of the writer/question writers.

This might help: http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?t=988678 and scroll down to the part about Verbal Reasoning

Thanks, I agree that mapping takes too long. Based on my EK practice, I thought I was done with the mapping phase. I got good enough at it with EK that I started making mental maps which are much quicker! But I got a TPR book and somehow have trouble keeping track of details in TPR passages, which seem more complicated than EK. The best strategy might be for me to get use to reading TPR passages or complicated ones so that, like you said, I am internalizing or visualizing what's going on in the text as I read. Right now, I'm going, "what?" a couple times per passage and having to reread. That might be why I'm missing details.....

 

[sshah92]

Thanks, I agree that mapping takes too long. Based on my EK practice, I thought I was done with the mapping phase. I got good enough at it with EK that I started making mental maps which are much quicker! But I got a TPR book and somehow have trouble keeping track of details in TPR passages, which seem more complicated than EK. The best strategy might be for me to get use to reading TPR passages or complicated ones so that, like you said, I am internalizing or visualizing what's going on in the text as I read. Right now, I'm going, "what?" a couple times per passage and having to reread. That might be why I'm missing details.....

The less you backtrack, the more you retain! Your mind can often trick you into thinking you just read past something, so you backtrack and disrupt your flow of comprehension.

You really want to maintain a steady stream of comprehension so you have a full, holistical mental picture of the passage once you get to the questions. And that way you can refer less to the passage and also know which part of the passage to refer to for more specific "detail" questions!

Practice every day and you'll get better. I'm still getting 1 or 2 wrong per passage which brings me down to 9s or 10s overall but it's getting progressively better every day. For me, personally, all of the mapping strategies only worked if I had a good 10+ minutes per passage. You really just have 7-8/passage haha. But some people are faster readers than others!

Also, check this website out: www.spreeder.com if you need to improve on reading speed.

 

[Gauss44]

What other methods are there for keeping track of details in TPR passages, or those as complicated as TPR?

 

[onedirection]

You don't kep track of details

 

[Gauss44]

You don't kep track of details

Indirectly maybe?

 

[FeinMS]

Indirectly maybe?

I know I'm not the best person in VR. But you just skim what's there and refer back to it when you need to. Why keep the details when you don't even need them for a question?

 

[Intraleukin-6]

I took a TPR course and really tried mapping the passage. I just can't disconnect and reconnect mentally to jot down a word or two, five times a passage.

 

[Gauss44]

Maybe better stated, "How do you prepare yourself for questions about details, while reading TPR passages?"

(If you haven't taken TPR, "TPR" means the complicated passages full of details and convoluted sentences. Or if you are familiar with TPR, it just means, "TPR.")