How to improve ACT score? 阅读32分科学31分经验
2015-08-23 14:35:28
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chelseag89Posts: 47Registered UserJunior Member
06-23-2015 at 9:46 am
@sizzleracn For reading, I read
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06-23-2015 at 9:46 am
@sizzleracn For reading, I read the questions first, underlined the key words in each question, marked line references in the passage, read the passage until I got to a line reference and answered that question while answering other questions that I knew, and continued that process until I was done with the passage. Order.. I think I did the comparative reading first (which was social science), then humanities, then natural science, and prose fiction last.
For science, I would just go straight to the questions on the research summaries and the data representation. For CV I read through all of it and then did the questions. Order... I did the conflicting viewpoints passage first, then the data representations, then the research summaries because I tend to do better on the CV passage on practice tests
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#3Sizzleracn
Posts: 38Registered UserJunior Member
06-23-2015 at 10:14 am
阅读32分经验
I tried doing your method for reading on one of my practice tests, and it took me a whole minute to look over the questions and make all the line markers. After ten minutes I was still only 6 questions through on the first passage so I raged and gave up. A strategy that worked really well for me and got me my highest ever reading score (32) was the "four corners" technique. You read the first one or two paragraphs in its entirety (one or two depending on the size of the first paragraph), and then you just read the topic sentence (first sentence) of each paragraph until you get to the last paragraph in the column (or the corner paragraph). You then read the entire last paragraph of the first paragraph and the first paragraph of the second column (It might just be the same paragraph in each column). You then read just the topic sentence for any paragraph in between the corner of the second and third columns (if there is a third column). Once you get to the last paragraph, read it in its entirety. Sorry if that's confusing. If it is just tell me and I'll try to give a visual representation. I'm a really slow reader, and it usually takes me over 4 minutes to read the passage, and this cut my time in half. I really didn't lose any of the information either, however it doesn't work very well with prose fiction since it's setup like a story instead of an essay, and you have to pay a lot more attention to specific details in prose fiction. For that reason, I did my passages in the same order as you. I used the four corners technique for Social Science, then I used it for Humanities, then I used it for Natiral Science, and then lastly I read Prose Fiction normally.
For Science I tried to go straight to the questions for the April test and it went horribly. My best ever for science had been a 25 (I've always had trouble with it), but my science score when I went straight to the questions was a 22. For this test, I gave myself 2 minutes to read the passage and look at the graphs, and then I gave myself 30 seconds for each question. Trust me, it's extremely beneficial to at least have somewhat of an idea of what's going on in the experiment. When you look at a question, cover the answers and try to find the answer on your own. Once you find the answer, pull your hand off and make sure that your answer is an option. Don't cover the answer for the "which of the following" or the "except" questions, for obvious reasons. By the way, I got a 31 in science this test, which is my best by 6 points.
Really the key is to take lots and lots of practice tests. Test day can't be the very first time you try a technique. Definitely practice with the four corners technique. Good luck!
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