Reading Comprehension

HSPA wrote:

force5 wrote:
@ HSPA you have done a great effort but how did you solve your question using the information in your map?

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Question 3: I looked back into 3rd para based on keyword IBMX
Question 2: I looked back into first para
Question 1: First line of third para
I try to remember some keywords in each para and go an re-read the stem based on question. This is a time consuming process but gives accuracy.
But I want hear from Rohu and AIM ... I still dont know how they do RC in <avg time 6.5min and 5.5min
still they hit 'accuracy'. My avg time for RC is 9min So I dont think I am in a stage to help others.

I really need a very good stratagy at RC: KINDLY HELP
Every weekend I take some mock tests. I can complete SC+CR 27 questions in 50min at an avg accuracy of 16/27... this I am trying to reach 22/27 with same speed.
and RC of 3/14 within 75min and 12/14 with in 86min test time. So I can score a 45 mark in verbal if I have 86 min.
After doing AWA and math.. the mental stamina to read 4 passages is chaos for mind

lunarpower wrote:i received a private message regarding this thread.

the best way in which the respondent is just to reiterate that there is no one perfect way to read passages -- everybody's style of reading, learning, and absorbing details is different, so it follows that the optimal style of reading and notetaking for one student is not necessarily going to be the same as (or even recognizably similar to) the optimal style of reading and notetaking for another student.

there are only a few principles that apply to every reader of GMAT passages, and, not surprisingly, those principles are quite general:
1) read for the main point of the passage; do not concentrate on details.
2) find relationships between all of the major parts of the passage. (for instance, if the first paragraph describes a scientific theory and the second paragraph describes a bunch of experiments, then there must the some intimate relationship between the theory and the experiments. do the experiments support the theory? do they disprove it? did they provide the evidence upon which the theory was based in the first place? etc.
3) when there are details, focus on identifying WHAT TYPE of details are present, and on vague recognition that will allow you to look up those details again if necessary (not unlike creating a "table of contents" in your head). DO NOT TRY TO MEMORIZE THE DETAILS -- that would be a complete waste of your time.

whether mapping is necessary is really a function of the individual reader and his/her priorities. if the reader is an extremely detail-oriented person who normally concentrates on facts, figures, and data and doesn't give much thought to the big picture (a description that describes many, though certainly not all, engineers and other technical persons), then he/she should probably make some sort of map just to stay on the right track -- in other words, it helps to have blanks such as "main point of 1st para = _____" just to make sure that the reader doesn't just ignore the main point and start memorizing facts.
on the other hand, if the reader more naturally thinks about the main point of the passage, then such mapping may be less necessary.