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I really think (considering the depth of the knowledge required of each topic) using wikipedia.org or answers.com (for the dictionary) is an appropriate time saver for simple questions.
When I'm going over my analogies and sentence completions, I can do a 20 second lookup of each word that I didn't fully understand, and 9/10 times the definition on answer.com is the appropriate definition to answer the question. It even give latin roots for some of the words to help me recognize patterns.
Compared to the time wasted flipping back and forth between barron's/cliff's/kaplan answer guides (which don't necessarily give the latin root, an alternate definition, a synonym, an antonym, etc.).
The same goes for a simple bio question. If I just need to know what the mass number of alpha radiation is, a 20 second search saves me the minue I would've spent flipping through the kaplan review notes.
Now I'm not saying wikipedia/answer.com are replacements, but if used correctly (and you know which information to take away) they're certainly fantastic time saving supplements.
Anyone else do this? Or disagree? Or does anyone know that it could necessarily be hurtful?
When I'm going over my analogies and sentence completions, I can do a 20 second lookup of each word that I didn't fully understand, and 9/10 times the definition on answer.com is the appropriate definition to answer the question. It even give latin roots for some of the words to help me recognize patterns.
Compared to the time wasted flipping back and forth between barron's/cliff's/kaplan answer guides (which don't necessarily give the latin root, an alternate definition, a synonym, an antonym, etc.).
The same goes for a simple bio question. If I just need to know what the mass number of alpha radiation is, a 20 second search saves me the minue I would've spent flipping through the kaplan review notes.
Now I'm not saying wikipedia/answer.com are replacements, but if used correctly (and you know which information to take away) they're certainly fantastic time saving supplements.
Anyone else do this? Or disagree? Or does anyone know that it could necessarily be hurtful?
