Tips to avoid bubbling errors?

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• _FIDELIO_ Alum Member

  November 2014 98 karma

  Well for one, when doing logic games I would circle the correct answers and then after you've played that particular game transfer all the answers over to the scantron. For LR and RC I transfer over after every question.
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  joegotbored-1 Alum Member

  November 2014 802 karma

  Definitely circle answers on your test booklet. It may slow you down a few fractions of a second, but if you do mess up your bubbling, you can quickly go back and find where you got lost and correct the error.
• Quick Silver Alum Inactive Sage

  November 2014 1049 karma

  I do circle on test booklet already. I bubble in groups (by game, passage, and 1-2 pages for LR).
  
  I realize this specific instance was bubbling by group in RC...
  
  When I bubble in groups instead of doing it one-by-one within that group, I'll quickly memorize the letters ie A, C, E, B, D... and then bubble them from that quick memory.
  
  What happened in this instance was I reversed the last 2 letters from memory ie instead of B, D... I switched it to D, B.
  
  I think the solution is to either double check directly after each group or ... within that group do it one-by-one (this 2nd option will take slightly longer, but it's still quicker than pure one-by-one and will help for accuracy within grouping).
• chinobonito Member

  November 2014 105 karma

  i have experienced the same problem. i think in order to save time and increase accuracy..in addition to circling the answer on your test booklet, i would visually line my answer sheet and pencil over to make sure im on the right line, and repeat in my head 9 is B, and then mark it
• Quick Silver Alum Inactive Sage

  November 2014 1049 karma

  Thanks - What do you mean by visually line your answer sheet over?