Strategies

Question 1

What should you do with every question you come to?

Answer 1

STOP
THINK
PREDICT
MATCH

Question 2

What does the STOP step correlate with?

Answer 2

• -Decide if this question is something I should answer now or later
• -Try to not look at the answers

Question 3

What does the THINK step correlate with?

Answer 3

Think about the different tools or specific strategies for that type of question

Question 4

What does the PREDICT step correlate with?

Answer 4

Usually your first prediction is right, especially if you have applied a specific strategy and knowledge
–Have an idea of your answer before you look at the given answers

Question 5

What does the MATCH step correlate with?

Answer 5

Look at the answers and pick on that matches your prediction

Question 6

What should you do if you come to a problem that you really don’t know how to do?

Answer 6

Pick your favorite answer quickly and MOVE ON.

• -ONLY MARK QUESTIONS YOU ARE SURE YOU CAN SOLVE, BUT YOU KNOW WILL TAKE A BIT OF TIME
• -You likely won’t know how to solve it any better in 20 mins.

Question 7

What is the pacing for natural sciences?

Answer 7

54 sec/question

Question 8

If you haven’t solved a problem in natural sciences by the minute mark?

Answer 8

Stop and determine if you are about 30 seconds away from solving. If you have no idea, pick your favorite answer and MOVE ON. If you are pretty sure you could solve it with another minute or so, MARK and come back

Question 9

What is the best way to ensure that you get wrong answers on the DAT?

Answer 9

Looking at the answers and seeing which one “jumps out” at you

Question 10

Is it ok to sometimes look at the answer choices in Quantitative Reasoning? If so, why?

Answer 10

YES, because you can be clued into which strategy to use in solving (estimation, etc.)

Question 11

On the DAT are there more than one correct answer per question, but one answer is simply the “best” choice?

Answer 11

NO NO NO
There is only ONE correct answer per question
–The other four options are wrong for a reason

Question 12

How many pieces of laminated paper will you get on test day?

Answer 12

3 (but you can write on the front and back)

Question 13

In non-reading comprehension questions, when should you come back to your marked questions?

Answer 13

After your first pass through ALL the questions

Question 14

In reading comprehension questions, when should you come back to your marked questions?

Answer 14

BEFORE leaving that passage

Question 15

What is the pacing for the Reading Comprehension section?

Answer 15

20 min. per passage

• -Read the passage in about 7-8 min
• -Leave 12-13 min for questions

Question 16

Should you read the passages in order?

Answer 16

NO
Read the passage that you are the most comfortable with, or the ones you really want to read
–Read the boring passage last

Question 17

What are the strategic steps for Reading Comp?

Answer 17

Remember PAMDI
1--Preview for topic
2--Anticipate where the author is going (keywords)
3--Map each paragraph scope
4--Determine author's tone
5--Identify authors overall purpose

Question 18

What does TASTP stand for?

Answer 18

It is an acronym for Reading Comp. strategy

• -Topic
• -Anticipate (with keywords)
• -Scope
• -Tone
• -Purpose