Inconsistent Teaching Practices on Videos for Logical Reasoning Questions
I recently finished the first set of LR videos ("Logical Reasoning--Video Lessons") and moved on today to the second set of LR videos ("Logical Reasoning--Worked Examples"). In the first set of LR videos, the female instructor first reads the question stem, then moves on to the stimulus, where she brackets the conclusion (when there is one), underlines the evidence, and circles keywords. I like this method, and it works for me.
However, in the second set of LR videos, the male instructor goes directly to the stimulus and reads it, then reads the question stem. Then, he goes back to the stimulus and starts underlining, in various colors, many of the lines of text, then goes to the answer choices. He doesn't explain the significance of the colors because it seems to just be a random use of blue, black, red, and green lines. Nor does he identify the conclusion, evidence, or background data in the stimulus most of the time.
There needs to be consistency in the teaching methods in the videos. The LSAT is comprised of a set of learned skills that can be mastered. Unfortunately though, if the teaching methods lack consistency in each section, whether it be LR, AR,or RC, the student will not be able to learn the necessary skills for the LSAT, much less master them.
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