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Originally Posted by mswhin63
Multiple-choice is designed around understanding the concept of what you are learning and I know the concepts very well but for some reason I am unable to read or interpret the questions correctly and I'm curious if anybody might know the best way to approach this.
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A bit of straight-talk may be productive here, Malcolm ..
How do you
know that you understand a concept "very well", if you are unable to interpret the conceptual questions ?
My suggestion, (although a little brutal), is that you face up to the evidence which leads to the conclusion that you may actually not understand the concepts sufficiently, to answer the questions.
'Getting' a concept, is not purely a matter of acquiring knowledge from a book/course material. Over the years, I've found that it takes time for unintuitive concepts to 'sink in'. Pondering the concept, having conversations with other people, (where I feel online courses may demonstrate significant weaknesses), working many, many examples of where the concept has applicability, and doing a lot of deep thinking about it, usually eventually results in 'getting it'. This takes time and good listening skills.
Letting go of the way you've always imagined it works, is the first step in removing the impediments for re-learning the real-world physical realities.
Unfortunately no 'cramming' or exam techniques, will overcome this in the short-term. The weakness will be exposed .. the guys who set the exams are masters of doing this .. the trick is to listen to the result, rather than denying it.
You'll find the multiple choice questions are testing your
understanding .. not your knowledge acquistion skills.
More work is needed (tutorials/problems, reading … )
Ahhh .. the discipline of Science … no easy ways out, unfortunately.
Cheers