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Finally getting back on the horse and studying for the beast. I have been going through the intro Magoosh videos, but I had a question.

Say I watch a specific concept video and want to practice questions related to just that, what would be the best way to practice that? I wouldn't want to "waste" questions if they potentially show me concepts I haven't reviewed yet.

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Finally getting back on the horse and studying for the beast. I have been going through the intro Magoosh videos, but I had a question.

Say I watch a specific concept video and want to practice questions related to just that, what would be the best way to practice that? I wouldn't want to "waste" questions if they potentially show me concepts I haven't reviewed yet.

Thanks!
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Dear Lost One,
With all due respect, you are missing the point of our study plans, and you fail to understand the deeper pedagogical logic we are using.

One very tempting thing to do as a student is, as soon as you learn a concept, practice just that. For this, it may be helpful to have some cheap book of GMAT practice problems, just to do a couple practice problems after learning something, if you feel you need the practice simply to solidify a basic understanding. Don't waste good Magoosh problems on that. In general, though, we try to discourage this tendency in students. Focused preparation is not particular good GMAT preparation. See this blog:
https://magoosh.com/gmat/2012/gmat-study ... vs-random/
One of the HUGE problems of focused practice is that it encourages a false sense of understanding --- if you can do a problem when it is fresh in your mind, when you are "in the zone" for that problem, that doesn't at all mean that you will be able to solve the problem when it appears randomly on a practice test or on the real GMAT. Students tend to be naive about the problem of levels of understanding. See this blog:
https://magoosh.com/gmat/2012/understand ... rformance/
Finally, most important, when you do a problem that you haven't reviewed yet, that is not a "waste." Yes, you get the question wrong, but if you do due diligence and invest time and effort into understanding that mistake, then all the effort will prime your mind to learn more deeply when you do get to that material. Getting problems wrong toward the beginning of your preparations is not "fun," but fun is not the point. The point is to learn as much as possible, and as deeply as possible. Making mistakes and then doing the hard work to learn as much as you can from your mistakes is actually a hugely important part of this process. See this GRE blog:
https://magoosh.com/gre/2013/good-i-got-it-wrong/

Finally, remember that, for almost every topic in the Magoosh videos, I have written a blog. Many Magoosh lessons have a link to a related blog. If you want practice, hunt down that related blog, do any practice questions on that blog, and read that blog thoroughly --- this will reinforce your understanding, hearing it a second time in a slightly different way.

Does all this make sense?
Mike :-)
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Finally getting back on the horse and studying for the beast. I have been going through the intro Magoosh videos, but I had a question.

Say I watch a specific concept video and want to practice questions related to just that, what would be the best way to practice that? I wouldn't want to "waste" questions if they potentially show me concepts I haven't reviewed yet.

Thanks!
Dear Lost One,
With all due respect, you are missing the point of our study plans, and you fail to understand the deeper pedagogical logic we are using.

One very tempting thing to do as a student is, as soon as you learn a concept, practice just that. For this, it may be helpful to have some cheap book of GMAT practice problems, just to do a couple practice problems after learning something, if you feel you need the practice simply to solidify a basic understanding. Don't waste good Magoosh problems on that. In general, though, we try to discourage this tendency in students. Focused preparation is not particular good GMAT preparation. See this blog:
https://magoosh.com/gmat/2012/gmat-study ... vs-random/
One of the HUGE problems of focused practice is that it encourages a false sense of understanding --- if you can do a problem when it is fresh in your mind, when you are "in the zone" for that problem, that doesn't at all mean that you will be able to solve the problem when it appears randomly on a practice test or on the real GMAT. Students tend to be naive about the problem of levels of understanding. See this blog:
https://magoosh.com/gmat/2012/understand ... rformance/
Finally, most important, when you do a problem that you haven't reviewed yet, that is not a "waste." Yes, you get the question wrong, but if you do due diligence and invest time and effort into understanding that mistake, then all the effort will prime your mind to learn more deeply when you do get to that material. Getting problems wrong toward the beginning of your preparations is not "fun," but fun is not the point. The point is to learn as much as possible, and as deeply as possible. Making mistakes and then doing the hard work to learn as much as you can from your mistakes is actually a hugely important part of this process. See this GRE blog:
https://magoosh.com/gre/2013/good-i-got-it-wrong/

Finally, remember that, for almost every topic in the Magoosh videos, I have written a blog. Many Magoosh lessons have a link to a related blog. If you want practice, hunt down that related blog, do any practice questions on that blog, and read that blog thoroughly --- this will reinforce your understanding, hearing it a second time in a slightly different way.

Does all this make sense?
Mike :-)
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Indeed it does.

I appreciate it!