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Circling Method
Victoria14
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So I've been trying to develop a circling method for BR/time saving.
The best thing I've come up with so far is one circle for questions I'm not a 100% sure on, two circles for questions I found the answer choices difficult, and three circles for questions I plain just don't understand. I tend to finish my sections with a bit of time 2-5 minutes so I'm hoping this can focus my spare time. Does anyone else use a similar method for which questions they address first?
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When I BR, I pretty much just go over everything again... If it's one I was 100% sure of, I'll remember immediately upon reading the stimulus and not return to it in BR. However, I typically do my BR on the same day or the day immediately after - with a couple of hours grace in between of course for a full PT.
That's quite an elaborate system! I usually try to streamline by just marking the choices I am not sure about and attack the question a second time after the initial pass through. Like amedley, I try to knock out BR immediately after my first go.
Same here, but I find myself returning to the questions I marked and having an issue seeing which ones gave me the most trouble. A few stand out, but occasionally seeing the question again is misleading. Sometimes my first pass i'll have a question that kicks my butt for what ever reason. During BR, I can see the answer right away and I tend to miss out on the fact that I seriously struggled. Thus a nice hole in my understanding starts to develop and i'm in hot water.
LOL, it's maybe a little elaborate! I try to BR right away as well but sometimes life happens and I forget which problems were serious doozies and which ones I just wasn't confident with.
I do a biggish circle for questions I didn't really understand.
I do a small circle for questions that I either process of eliminated and I'm slightly comfortable with the AC I chose or a question I know I got right but want to check out later on during review.
I've been recording every timed section/PT I take. This way I can review where I was having trouble and see the actual context and review exactly where I got stumped. Otherwise I just circle the questions I have trouble on.
I have a three tier system that works really well for me:
A slash is 75% confidence: I'm almost positive I've got the answer, but would love the chance to confirm if there's time.
A circle is 40% - 75% confidence: I understand the argument and just couldn't quite get it in the answer choices. I'm confident I can get it quickly with a fresh start.
A double circle is less than 40% confidence: These really stumped me or else I just realized it was going to take a significant amount of time to crack.
On my second round, I tackle my circles. I can almost always bump them to high confidence very quickly which is why I give them priority. If I can't get them fast, I skip them and upgrade them to a double circle.
Third round is for double circles. This is where the curve breakers that really require time and work get done. If I do run out of time, it will be on the questions I'm most likely to miss anyway.
For round four, I go back to my slashes to confirm those answers.