Anchor yourself to the stimulus. Don't use your knowledge but use the claims to help support your thought process behind the correct answer choice. If you have to fill in too many holes chances are the answer is not valid.
My mind is naturally lazy and tries to make sense of these stimuli by "filling in the blanks" with experience.
Really...this feels like training the mind's executive control to not take the shortcuts - to see something as it is not what one's mind finds it easy to see.
@lesteryxue same here but it's not that our brains are lazy we have been trained for those of us who paid attention in school LOL how to develop our intuition and this is all really almost antithetical to the use of intuition. I mean think about it if you're pleading a case in court it's all based on evidence and intuition is not evidence so don't be too hard on yourself but just learn to tighten down our think our thinking process at least that's what I'm trying to do
@lesteryxue in psychology that is called System 1 thinking, and yes, we definitely want to use System 2 thinking during this test. Until the processes are trained enough to be System 1 thinking. Those people are the 180 scorers imo lol
Yeah I definitely think the long explanations are not working in their favor, I think just practicing and videos are definitely what works for me I am slowly getting better but just drilling and trying to learn new techniques.
#feedback . With so many bad reviews on this section, why hasn't it been rewritten? Students are paying good money for this service, are giving GOOD feedback, and nothing is being done about it...
#feedback I would say this lesson needs a video, and maybe, a rewrite. It's sad that I understood the lesson, by another student commenting, and broke it down for us.
#feedback The last paragraph first sentence - "consistent with" should be "merely consistent with". Although I prefer video lessons like most other comments here pointed out, I don't mind reading to get the knowledge I need. But please make it correct so students can easily follow along. When you give a specific name in order to refer back later, it's hard to digest if the reference later recalls the wrong name....
#feedback I share the same sentiment as everyone else in the comments who dislike the texts. If you guys won't make videos, can you at least incorporate an AI software that reads these texts for us? It would be more engaging for me
#feedback, did whoever write this section actually read it afterwards?
It is overly complicated, and contributes absolutely nothing. In fact, I'd even say that a section like this does more damage than good. Students waste too much time getting tripped up by overly wordy sections and it takes time away from meaningful studying. They also are left feeling discouraged because they don't understand, when in reality in this case it is the "teacher's" fault.
Multiple paragraphs simply to say "the right answer will have the most support from the passage"
@eburst87 LOL, you said exactly what I was feeling..I'm like.. okay.... so this was super wordy and over convoluted for absolutely no reason. But I guess this is how cases we read as attorneys will be.
Lol I feel the same way. I think an easier way to look at this is that the right answer will have the most support from the passage. Wrong answers often just seem possible but aren’t actually supported. Always rely on the stimulus and choose the answer with the strongest support. And of course use process of elimination to help you!
$69 per month and no videos throughout some of the most relevant topics? It is hard to recommend this course to someone when videos only exist for 1/3 of the course. :(
Is it possible to bring video lessons back into the text only sections?
As someone that struggles with ADHD, these lessons take me much longer to comprehend because I have to reread the same sentences multiple times. But when I can follow along to a video, I can play the video at a speed that stimulates my attention, and I'm able to capture any critical information I may have missed reading the text, enabling me to work through the lessons more efficiently.
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#feedback this really needs to be made into a video
This lesson definitely needs a video
No video??
#bringbackvideos
Anchor yourself to the stimulus. Don't use your knowledge but use the claims to help support your thought process behind the correct answer choice. If you have to fill in too many holes chances are the answer is not valid.
Would be nice to be in a video
reading this? i'm cooked
My mind is naturally lazy and tries to make sense of these stimuli by "filling in the blanks" with experience.
Really...this feels like training the mind's executive control to not take the shortcuts - to see something as it is not what one's mind finds it easy to see.
@lesteryxue same here but it's not that our brains are lazy we have been trained for those of us who paid attention in school LOL how to develop our intuition and this is all really almost antithetical to the use of intuition. I mean think about it if you're pleading a case in court it's all based on evidence and intuition is not evidence so don't be too hard on yourself but just learn to tighten down our think our thinking process at least that's what I'm trying to do
@lesteryxue in psychology that is called System 1 thinking, and yes, we definitely want to use System 2 thinking during this test. Until the processes are trained enough to be System 1 thinking. Those people are the 180 scorers imo lol
#feedback
Since this lesson also made everyone else in the comments feel dumb I will add this sentence towards the end:
"Sometimes, you'll smuggle in an assumption and chose the wrong answer because the assumption (that you smuggled in) supports it."
It took me 10 minutes and then a google search to convince myself that "choose" is still a word and that I did not make it up.
Yeah I definitely think the long explanations are not working in their favor, I think just practicing and videos are definitely what works for me I am slowly getting better but just drilling and trying to learn new techniques.
my brain hurts and I just started studying... this lesson needs to be re-written or needs a video to better explain.
#feedback
@sjm0515 me too I just re started for my afternoon session and this is really making me wanna do anything else
#feedback - In dark mode, the wording in the spectrum graphic does not clearly appear
#feedback . With so many bad reviews on this section, why hasn't it been rewritten? Students are paying good money for this service, are giving GOOD feedback, and nothing is being done about it...
#feedback I would say this lesson needs a video, and maybe, a rewrite. It's sad that I understood the lesson, by another student commenting, and broke it down for us.
7Sage, do better.
Why not in video form?
#feedback The last paragraph first sentence - "consistent with" should be "merely consistent with". Although I prefer video lessons like most other comments here pointed out, I don't mind reading to get the knowledge I need. But please make it correct so students can easily follow along. When you give a specific name in order to refer back later, it's hard to digest if the reference later recalls the wrong name....
I wish this was in video form as I am a visual and verbal learner D:
#feedback I share the same sentiment as everyone else in the comments who dislike the texts. If you guys won't make videos, can you at least incorporate an AI software that reads these texts for us? It would be more engaging for me
#feedback, did whoever write this section actually read it afterwards?
It is overly complicated, and contributes absolutely nothing. In fact, I'd even say that a section like this does more damage than good. Students waste too much time getting tripped up by overly wordy sections and it takes time away from meaningful studying. They also are left feeling discouraged because they don't understand, when in reality in this case it is the "teacher's" fault.
Multiple paragraphs simply to say "the right answer will have the most support from the passage"
@eburst87 LOL, you said exactly what I was feeling..I'm like.. okay.... so this was super wordy and over convoluted for absolutely no reason. But I guess this is how cases we read as attorneys will be.
I don't understand anything I read. Can someone break this down better please?
#feedback
WOW thank you!
Imagine writing 5-6 paragraphs to simply say this.
this is so helpful, thanks!!!
Lol I feel the same way. I think an easier way to look at this is that the right answer will have the most support from the passage. Wrong answers often just seem possible but aren’t actually supported. Always rely on the stimulus and choose the answer with the strongest support. And of course use process of elimination to help you!
$69 per month and no videos throughout some of the most relevant topics? It is hard to recommend this course to someone when videos only exist for 1/3 of the course. :(
i think that every time i click next
This particular "lesson" was truly pathetic
#feedback would love videos to come back for long text sections :)
#feedback PLEASE bring back videos
#feedback
Is it possible to bring video lessons back into the text only sections?
As someone that struggles with ADHD, these lessons take me much longer to comprehend because I have to reread the same sentences multiple times. But when I can follow along to a video, I can play the video at a speed that stimulates my attention, and I'm able to capture any critical information I may have missed reading the text, enabling me to work through the lessons more efficiently.
Seconding this! Also, I think many of us bought this membership with the idea that lessons would all have videos.
I wish there were videos to this. I enjoy reading everything but my brain skips stuff when it gets bored and i end up not understanding:
Same :/ its good stuff! Just a lot to absorb in one sitting.