Hello I have been following the blind review method and studying for 4 months (post-completion of CC) and I have been progressively getting worse at LGs. I am trying to really stay positive but I am not only taking so much longer to solve questions I am getting so many wrong. I had seen improvements all along but now, no matter what question I solve, I fail miserably. Anyone have any advice to get out of this rut!?
I would really appreciate any tips or expereiences!
thank you
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I have combined number of great advices on 7Sage and created a practice routine for myself, take a look at it change it to meet your needs and I am sure you can improve dramatically within a short time on LG. Use the timer when taking LG section to develop an internal time clock to know when you should move on from a game
I hope this help
Drill and redrill. Don't worry it gets easier.
Focus on something else for a week or two, then come back.
Not with a timer, but with a stopwatch (counting up from 0 instead of down from 35). Tell yourself that you're going to take all the time you need to get it perfectly.
Then start working, focusing on "form"
-are you checking every rule as you write it down? Are you making sure you're reading ALL the words and not just skimming and adding your own interpretation.
-are you going over the rules one last time to make sure they match the stimulus
-are you looking over the rules to see if they can connect together?
-are you taking a little time at the end of the board setup to see if you can remember, from similar games, whether there should be some kind of inference you ought to be making - see Nader's points about games being similar and the same inferences jumping out of the same setups over and over.
-for each question, work through it calmly until you're satisfied that you've eliminated all the wrong answers and you've confirmed the correct one.
Do the "form" exercise until you get yourself back to 100% correct - don't worry how long it takes. It's impossible to think about some of these steps when you're panicking and thinking about the clock. Only after the steps become second nature should you start worrying about the clock.