Feeling overwhelmed with logic games

[mejoe]

Hi, all:

I'm currently taking the full live course, and I'm having trouble keeping up with the Logic Games section. I guess I'm more or less muddling through it, because I get the setups, I get the Not Blocks™ and the other little things, I just can't muster the mental energy to start putting letters into the sets. My mind goes blank. I have the books and all of the recorded material, and each time I go back to do the questions in Lessons 1 and 2, I end up with the same blanks. I'm not able to make any conclusions or decisions about where the letters are supposed to go, because I usually problem-solve when I know absolutely what the answer will be. I hate guessing. It doesn't feel right to guess, and I end up losing steam and just closing the book in frustration.

I don't know if I should continue setting up and not actually solving the question. I feel really stupid just leaving the question and going on to the next one without solving it. And it seems like everyone else is getting the material or somehow figuring out these questions on their own. I'm practicing as much as I can now, but it's hard to keep up with my instructor when she's talking a mile a minute about stuff I haven't even read up on yet, because I'm still trying to get through the logic games portion.

Does anyone have any strategies or solutions as to making sure logic games stuff sticks?

Thanks

Joe

[Lucas Moreau]

Hello mejoe,

That sounds troublesome! I think you have the right idea in general: practice setups. The Drills and supplemental exercises found in your book and in the Online Student Center should be able to assist you there. Besides those, just grab a stack of practice test Games sections and go through each one, setting them up piece by piece, without worrying too much about answering the questions just yet.

It can also be helpful to take some of the homework Games that have the solutions and setups explained, and looking at the setup explanations before you actually start trying to solve the game. It seems like cheating, but it can be helpful. Once you see the finished product, and go backwards through the steps it took to get there, starting from scratch may be easy to you.

Also, feel free to call the Hotline if you want specific Games or Games concepts explained to you. We're here every weekday from 5-8 waiting for your call. You may even catch me.

Hope that helps,
Lucas Moreau