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by VP_Jim » Sun Mar 22, 2009 9:10 am
I think a good baseline test to see if you truly understand a problem is whether you can explain how to do the problem to someone else. I know that I learned a lot when I first started teaching, because I always had to be prepared to explain every problem in the OG to my students.

So, after you do a problem, try to take a minute to explain it back to yourself (or to your spouse, dog, plant, or whatever). It might sound a little crazy, but if you can talk through a problem, you've truly internalized it.

If you can't explain how to do it, you don't know it well enough!

Good luck!
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by TedCornell » Mon Mar 23, 2009 8:09 am
Can you solve the problem with ease, explain it to someone who can't solve it and write a similar problem with answer choices and explanations? Congratulations, you've mastered the problem! To master an OG problem

1) Solve the problem (this may take a couple of attempts)

2) Study the solution (if you have gmatfix OG Companion, use that solution as it's a lot more thorough)

3) If you've missed the quesion, go through it again with the explanations to guide you

4) Once you're able to solve it, record the problem in a questions log to be addressed later.

5) A week later, redo steps 1-3 above. Can you solve easily and efficiently? You're the master :-) Can you do it but with difficulty? get back to it in a week.
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by pahir » Tue Mar 24, 2009 2:04 am
good post! Thanks
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