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Critical Reasoning Strategy?? (MGMAT's T-Diagram, etc.)

by Cinji18 » Wed Feb 24, 2010 11:44 pm
I need to improve my critical reasoning scores. For me, unlike reading comprehension in which I can skim, critical reasoning requires me to read word-for-word, which often takes a lot of time. Then, sometimes I get the what-the-heck-did-I-just-read reaction, and have to go through it and the answers again. When that happens, I tend to rush through the question, which usually ends up being wrong.

So far, I have only read-up on Princeton Review and MGMAT critical reasoning strategies. I'm not sure if I agree with MGMAT's strategy, the T-diagram. Does it work? It seems to me that drawing the diagram takes a lot of time to do.

Do most of you guys use the T-diagram? What other strategies are there that may save me some time? I'm thinking about getting PowerScore Bible. I've been hearing good things about it. Does that have better strategies?
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by money9111 » Thu Feb 25, 2010 8:28 am
Hi Cinji,

I personally did not like the MGMAT T-Diagram approach... and i even posted about it on the boards but I gave it time... the more you practice doing it... the faster you'll become and eventually you won't need to draw out the diagram and you'll be able to do it in your head which is ideal. that's where I'm at now...
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by hk » Thu Feb 25, 2010 10:25 am
There is a CR strategy that i learnt out of LSAT material which is a lot tougher. It worked for me and could possible work for you.

Once you read the argument or statements, write down the following:

1. Premise
2. Assumption
3. Conclusion.

Don't write down all these word to word just enough to know what part is the conclusion and whats the assumption. Then based on the question you can analyze the premise or assumption or conclusion. this will improve clarity of thought and will eliminate the "What-did-I-just-read" feeling. For eg: if its a weaken the conclusion question you can dive into the conclusion directly and analyze which of the five statements actually will shatter the conclusion totally.

This needs a lot of practice. So when you start you might actually spend more time than you would like but once you get a hang of it, you'll cruise through.

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by Vorskl » Sun Oct 31, 2010 8:46 am
Recently I started practicing CR questions and I am actively looking for great CR strategies.
The diagram approach listed in MGMAT books I did not like - it takes me more than 1.5 minutes to write the stuff down, so I have no time to finish the question in time (remember, 1.45 min per question).
What I like, however, is this material:
https://www.beatthegmat.com/critical-rea ... t-t60.html
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