Reviewing Logic Games

[Mkendz]

After completing a Logic game in the LGTT (or games section on a PT) I was just wondering what the best approach is to reviewing these problems ?

I've used two approaches in my studies:

1) Ill see which answers I got incorrect and then see where I went wrong, (resolving the specific question within a game). However sometimes if the game was a bit more confusing for me to grasp/understand, I'll will see what I got wrong, erase my answers (both correct and incorrect) and then re do all the questions within the game.

2) Sometimes if I score all of my answers correct I still want to learn something from the game so ill go back and prove why every single answer choice within the game is incorrect.

I usually use one of those methods for reviewing games. Are these Effective ?
Sometimes I feel like understanding why I got specific answers wrong in some games doesn't benefit me ? Ex, I may have forgotten a rule when creating hypotheticals. How does this benefit me in future games ? or will Just the process of seeing where I went wrong improve my performance over-time ? (Obviously mis-interpreting/representing/diagramming a rule is something you can learn from and take note of when attacking any game in the future) Im more concerned with the minor errors, is it worth me going through why every answer choice within the game is incorrect or am I wasting my time ?

Also : is there any Approach I could use that would be more effective and allow me to learn more from a game ?

thank you!

[David Boyle]

After completing a Logic game in the LGTT (or games section on a PT) I was just wondering what the best approach is to reviewing these problems ?

I've used two approaches in my studies:

1) Ill see which answers I got incorrect and then see where I went wrong, (resolving the specific question within a game). However sometimes if the game was a bit more confusing for me to grasp/understand, I'll will see what I got wrong, erase my answers (both correct and incorrect) and then re do all the questions within the game.

2) Sometimes if I score all of my answers correct I still want to learn something from the game so ill go back and prove why every single answer choice within the game is incorrect.

I usually use one of those methods for reviewing games. Are these Effective ?
Sometimes I feel like understanding why I got specific answers wrong in some games doesn't benefit me ? Ex, I may have forgotten a rule when creating hypotheticals. How does this benefit me in future games ? or will Just the process of seeing where I went wrong improve my performance over-time ? (Obviously mis-interpreting/representing/diagramming a rule is something you can learn from and take note of when attacking any game in the future) Im more concerned with the minor errors, is it worth me going through why every answer choice within the game is incorrect or am I wasting my time ?

Also : is there any Approach I could use that would be more effective and allow me to learn more from a game ?

thank you!

Hello mkendz,

It sounds as if you're trying hard already to learn from games, which is good. There's no magic approach which always works (I wish there were!), but here are some things which may be helpful:

1. Make sure that you know the theory. There are probably people who don't even fully understand the theory in the books.

2. Even the correct answers, make sure you know exactly why the answers are correct. Some people may just make educated guesses and not really understand why an answer is right.

3. It may be time-consuming to go over every single wrong answer in a game; but if you have the time, it can be helpful. You may understand the rules better, or see various patterns that happen in many games.

4. You ask above if something like seeing you forgot a rule, can really help you in any other game. Yes, it can, in that it reminds you to be careful. Not everyone is. And remember that it's better to really understand and remember the rules, more than finding every possible inference that you can. If you see all the inferences, patterns, etc., that's great; but if you didn't even take time to understand and remember the rules themselves, you may be making lots of errors!

So you are doing valuable things already, but some of the tips above may help too.

Hope this helps,
David

[Mkendz]

Thanks so much !
I appreciate the reply/insight and will definitely apply these tips