Wrong Answer Journal

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  spittingnickels Live Member

  March 29 270 karma

  I use a yellow legal pad and g207 blue ink pens. I go through each answer choice, writing out why I did or did not pick that answer choice
• pgworley04 Live Member

  March 30 4 karma

  @spittingnickels said:
  I use a yellow legal pad and g207 blue ink pens. I go through each answer choice, writing out why I did or did not pick that answer choice

  I also try to explain the structure/reasoning of stimulus. Does it use conditional logic? is it descriptive? some causal logic? I also always identify a prephrase. Even on questions where prephrasing is a time sink, in blind review (in the words of jacob feldman, it should be a BR journal, not a WA journal!!) it forces you to 100% understand the stimulus, and not rely just on your intuition. your intuition might be great. but metacognition is better.
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  cneudek2 Live Member

  March 30 18 karma

  I use a tablet for my WAJ, so I can insert an image of the question with the answer choices and can annotate on it.

  1. Break down the stimulus and identify the premises, conclusions, support, etc.
  2. Next to each AC I write out why they were wrong or right.
  3. I write a few sentences on why I picked the wrong AC, so I can identify the flaws in my thinking.
  4. I also write out what error I made that led me to eliminate the correct AC.
  5. Then, I write at least one sentence on how I can prevent those same mistakes in the future.

  It takes a while, but it is so worth it!
• BigJay20 Live Member

  April 16 477 karma

  Thank you, guy