PowerScore Symbols Chart

[O$UKAPSiG]

Is their a resource produced by PowerScore that has all of the recommended symbols to use for specific game types? I have seen other ones, but wanted to follow the suggestions in the book (without re-creating the wheel).

[Adam Tyson]

We do not have a resource like that, in part because we feel it's best to learn those symbols within the larger context of studying the games. They don't really have much meaning apart from that context! We would encourage you to work through the materials, such as the Logic Games Bible, and learn the symbols as you apply them in the different types of games. Perhaps along the way you could create your own as a reference tool? That way you would have the resource you desire, sort of a checklist, but you will have created it with a deeper understanding of the application of the symbols to the games, and so it will have more meaning to you and be more useful as a reminder when you are struggling to find the best way to manage a particular rule.

Create away!

[Dave Killoran]

Hey O$UKAPSiG,

I want to add an additional point to Adam's (which happens to be spot on). In our experience, when a chart like that is produced by us, it tends to have a constraining effect. That is, it makes students think that each game type will use only those symbols, and that only those symbols are associated with that particular game type. But the makers of the LSAT are very sharp, and they are always attempting to add wrinkles into each section. We want our students to be adaptable, and to be able to fluidly respond should they encounter something slightly different than what they've seen before (and that's usually what "newness" in LG is—not something entirely new, but something that either extends a current idea, or combines to existing ideas). So, if you make your own list as Adam suggested, one thing that tends to do is reinforce how different symbols can be used in different ways, and it helps better reinforce the variations that exist within LG.

Thanks!

[O$UKAPSiG]

Thank you for the advice. This makes a lot of sense