does anyone have any tips for reading comprehension?
I feel like I don’t know what I’m reading at times and get confused on the questions.
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does anyone have any tips for reading comprehension?
I feel like I don’t know what I’m reading at times and get confused on the questions.
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I’d take some tips too after my unsatisfactory PT today, RC experts I am summoning you!
As someone who also wasn't a fan of RC, one of the things that weirdly actually worked for me was advice as simple as reading the passage as if I really care about what's being said (even if it is dense or confusing). Generally, I like to read through the whole thing first and only take a small pause between paragraphs to do a mental low-res summary, just to keep track of how the stimulus is evolving. Reading a little slower on the first go helped me with this, because then I focus on interpreting exactly what each sentence says. It became easier to get through certain sentences quicker (for example, skimming a sentence that lists all the examples of a certain phenomenon but does not directly advance the argument).
Another piece of advice that helped me was treating questions with the same rigour as LR, in the sense that I need to generally be able to point to the stimulus somewher to prove why the answer I chose is right, and likewise why I eliminated a wrong answer choice. Sometimes it can be quick, as in the answer is blatantly wrong, but that gives time to critically assess two competing answer choices in terms of which one is best supported by the text or section.
Spotting and taking note of -ly words such as Unfortunately, Regrettably, Superficially, (shows the author is skeptical), or Importantly, Notably, Correctly, (shows the author is supportive) are very helpful in understanding the tone or even the authors position in a passage at times. My approach to RC is that most answers are MBT, so when I go into the answer choice I would have to recall if it occurred in the passage, if not I would not pick it(This includes answers that are too extreme, half-true, or distortions). Which leads me to my next point of at least creating a low res-summary. This is so helpful in the sense that if I need to back, I can look at my low res to help direct me as to which paragraph to go to.
A tutor recommended subscribing to or reading scientific/mathematical articles daily if possible. I found it an interesting approach!
Did it or has it worked for you?
Yes, it has a bit for me. I read Quanta, but there are plenty of options to choose from.