Self-study
genuinely how do you study for rc? untimed drills? sections that are timed?
i feel like going slow will help me. one practice technique i use is highlighting the text that contributed to my answer choice. any other methods of studying?
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High level first pass read. Focus on paragraph map to create a "table of contents" and getting purpose and main idea. Remember it's open book, not a pop quiz from memory. Use language in the question stem to go back and look up where answers will be. Untimed until you are comfortable with high level read and how to research, then timed sections.
@julielamberth thank you! do you really feel that low res (table of contents) helps? i've honestly been avoiding it because i feel like it slows me down
@ktacklesthelsat Yes. 1) you're doing it instead of belaboring trying to understand/memorize. 2) it shouldn't take long - "1- why dinos dead? / 2- 2 poss expl / 3 - expl 1 - meteor / 4 - expl 2 volcano / 5 - prob the meteor 3) it helps you to see where to go back and look up answers - "oh this question is about the meteor theory so it should be in paragraph 3."
@julielamberth i see! so instead of trying to meticulously understand everything...just make the low res summary and then i can go back to find my answers
@ktacklesthelsat right. About 15 percent of the passage gets asked about. You read a paragraph 3 times trying to understand every detail then they never ask you about it and you’ve wasted that time and effort.
@julielamberth i just tried the technique and it was helpful. i appreciate it!