I know Crack PAT is good but...

[tawaqul]

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What makes it so good? Is it the fact that it's tons of practice problems, or does it teach you how to do the problems through the solutions? I am consistently making 16's and 17s on PAT and I don't feel like I am getting anywhere with practice, because I'm just doing more problems--i.e. I'm not LEARNING how to do the problems. I'm fine with angles, cube-counting and hole-punching, but the TFE and pattern folding and whatever else is really tough for me. I can't just picture the images in my head.

Having said all that, will CRACK PAT help me get a better understanding of how to do these problems (through the thorough solutions)...or what should I expect?

I've tried the wicked sick PAT tutorial and kaplan strategies, but honestly, I haven't gotten very far with all this.

Thanks in advance.🙂

 

[PreDent2009]

To be honest I did not think that CrackPat has great explanations because they just give you a 3-D version of what you are looking at. The only plus for me was to see what I got wrong, spin the 3-D animation to see how they got the answer and kind of just got a general idea of what shapes give what entry holes, etc. I thought it was a great practice tool though because it is on the computer, its timed, and it gives you instant feedback and a detailed scoring sheet to show you what you need to work on.

What makes it so good? Is it the fact that it's tons of practice problems, or does it teach you how to do the problems through the solutions? I am consistently making 16's and 17s on PAT and I don't feel like I am getting anywhere with practice, because I'm just doing more problems--i.e. I'm not LEARNING how to do the problems. I'm fine with angles, cube-counting and hole-punching, but the TFE and pattern folding and whatever else is really tough for me. I can't just picture the images in my head.

Having said all that, will CRACK PAT help me get a better understanding of how to do these problems (through the thorough solutions)...or what should I expect?

I've tried the wicked sick PAT tutorial and kaplan strategies, but honestly, I haven't gotten very far with all this.

Thanks in advance.🙂