Passages first?

[Im Learning]

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I'm using S2Ned's schedule as a backbone, breaking the passages in thirds, doing them each according to the schedule. The problem is...

I feel like I am getting a lot more out of doing the passages than I am from reading the TBR chapters. Both in knowledge and retention, due to the proactive work need to complete/review them.

By the time I spend multiple hours reading the chapter, I'm pretty exhausted and feel like I don't put as much into the passages and reviewing the answers as I should.

Would it be advised/ill advised to do the first 1/3 passages before I read the chapter, ( then do the last 2/3s of passages down the road under normal test conditions like S2Ned suggests?)

Also, that way I could focus on what I need to spend more time on based on my performance of the passages.

thanks,
I'm Learning

 

[coyotelime]

Most of the chapters are just great background information imo for the passages, so I guess you could do them beforehand if you were familiar with the material.

But reading the chapter will really get your brain in the mode that it needs to be for doing the problems presented... for example, even if you were good at buffers/titrations, you might not remember exactly what the curve of a polyprotic acid titration looked like.