Why isn't this taught more often? Honestly, what's the drawback? A friend of mine who is a surgeon and research scientist with an Ivy background, showed me how this is more efficient. For the life of me, he made it seem so simple, especially when he got one of the more difficult MCAT passages correct with this technique.
Scan Questions First Then Do Passages
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Do it if it works for you. I don't like to do that because I prefer to take in all the information first before I start poking around the passage for critical pieces of information. Otherwise I find myself feeling a bit rushed to get the correct answer right off the bat.
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I agree with junkie.
In addition, I don't do it in verbal because reading the questions (even scanning) takes a fair amount of extra time. Then, if you read the passage, you'll find that you have to re-read the questions again anyway. It's not very efficient, especially when its more than possible to learn to read the passages for comprehension on the first go around.
In addition, I don't do it in verbal because reading the questions (even scanning) takes a fair amount of extra time. Then, if you read the passage, you'll find that you have to re-read the questions again anyway. It's not very efficient, especially when its more than possible to learn to read the passages for comprehension on the first go around.
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3rded.
It takes too much time on. Also, it takes a pretty damn good working memory to hold all of the questions in your head while processing what you are reading. I found that I would forget the first couple of questions that I scanned by the time I was half way through the passage. If it works for you though, use it.
It takes too much time on. Also, it takes a pretty damn good working memory to hold all of the questions in your head while processing what you are reading. I found that I would forget the first couple of questions that I scanned by the time I was half way through the passage. If it works for you though, use it.
