How to eliminate careless mistakes?

[sully677]

I find myself making 4-5 careless errors on my TPR's that cost me ~2 points every time. How do I correct this?

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[SN2ed]

The first step is realizing that these mistakes are happening for a reason. Next, and by far the hardest step, is figuring out why they occur. Here are some questions to get you going:

Are you reading the entire question and the answer choices?
Was it a math mistake?
What was your train of thought?
Are there any similarities between the problems?
- Content
- Timing
- Placement in test/passage question stem
- Question type
Are you rushing?
Did you eliminate all of the wrong choices?

You made the mistake for a good reason, find that, and you'll have your answer.

 

[sully677]

The first step is realizing that these mistakes are happening for a reason. Next, and by far the hardest step, is figuring out why they occur. Here are some questions to get you going:

Are you reading the entire question and the answer choices?
Was it a math mistake?
What was your train of thought?
Are there any similarities between the problems?
- Content
- Timing
- Placement in test/passage question stem
- Question type
Are you rushing?
Did you eliminate all of the wrong choices?

You made the mistake for a good reason, find that, and you'll have your answer.

Sometimes I seem to glaze over a question and the answers and for a minute or two I just don't read the stem properly. Example, I could mistake intermolecu... for intramolecu...

 

[J ROD]

really practice makes perfect.....read over explanations and continue to do work and get more comfortable with the test....