How do you go over wrong LR questions? Forum

[lawquestions1]

I write down the type of LR, and write why each answer choice is wrong/right.
Then I use the LRB to review the sections I am having the most trouble with but I don't seem to be improving.
Are there any other methods for going over wrong LR questions?

[VasaVasori]

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[shifty_eyed]

I don't remember who suggested this, but I always went through the routine of identifying the following for each question that I got wrong or that I had any trouble with:

(A) Why was the answer you selected/were going to select wrong?
(B) Why did you select that answer, and why was that reason wrong?
(C) Why didn't you/were you not going to select the correct answer?
(D) Why is the correct answer correct?

Some people have recommended writing this stuff down, but I just went over it and made sure that I understood it.

TITCR, but write it down

[dowu]

I was typing the questions for a while. It was time consuming, but it helped me to see the peculiarities of the test writers' writing.

[Systematic1]

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[glucose101]

I tried to write out all the reasons why I would get questions wrong, but it just wouldn't work for me. Too time consuming to the pt that the stream of consciousness that I would need to reason through the LSAT on test day was bogging me down. May work for some, but not me. I think as long as you get the reasoning down, it's fine to do whichever method yields results.

[MissJenna]

I don't remember who suggested this, but I always went through the routine of identifying the following for each question that I got wrong or that I had any trouble with:

(A) Why was the answer you selected/were going to select wrong?
(B) Why did you select that answer, and why was that reason wrong?
(C) Why didn't you/were you not going to select the correct answer?
(D) Why is the correct answer correct?

Some people have recommended writing this stuff down, but I just went over it and made sure that I understood it.

I'm going to actually start doing this & I'm hoping it will help. But what would I compare it/check it against to so I can make sure I'm on the right track, etc.?

[bp shinners]

I tried to write out all the reasons why I would get questions wrong, but it just wouldn't work for me. Too time consuming to the pt that the stream of consciousness that I would need to reason through the LSAT on test day was bogging me down. May work for some, but not me. I think as long as you get the reasoning down, it's fine to do whichever method yields results.

You were writing too much down, then.

When you nail the reason why you answered a question wrong, it should read like:
"I equivocated between fat loss and weight loss."
"I fell for an absence of evidence fallacy."
"I misdiagrammed 'only'".

[ivonmx]

(A) Why was the answer you selected/were going to select wrong?
(B) Why did you select that answer, and why was that reason wrong?
(C) Why didn't you/were you not going to select the correct answer?
(D) Why is the correct answer correct?

Nice advice. Marked.

[glucose101]

I tried to write out all the reasons why I would get questions wrong, but it just wouldn't work for me. Too time consuming to the pt that the stream of consciousness that I would need to reason through the LSAT on test day was bogging me down. May work for some, but not me. I think as long as you get the reasoning down, it's fine to do whichever method yields results.

You were writing too much down, then.

When you nail the reason why you answered a question wrong, it should read like:
"I equivocated between fat loss and weight loss."
"I fell for an absence of evidence fallacy."
"I misdiagrammed 'only'".

Actually, that isn't true. I was answering questions like:

A) Why was the answer you selected/were going to select wrong?
(B) Why did you select that answer, and why was that reason wrong?
(C) Why didn't you/were you not going to select the correct answer?
(D) Why is the correct answer correct?

And the pen-to-paper time was taking too much time for me; I was losing my train of thought on really understanding what the questions were asking because of the writing. Now that I mentally answer the questions, it's much better and natural (on test day, I don't need to write down this process).