Ben’s Class

Lesson

What is Logical Reasoning?

Logical Reasoning

Set 1

Test 151, Section 2, Q3 — FerroMetal

Test 151, Section 2, Q4 — Food engineer

Test 101, Section 2, Q9 — Regime of Q

Set 2

Test 151, Section 4, Q12 — Car test crashes

Test 150, Section 3, Q12 — Local flu

Test 150, Section 3, Q13 — Employee strikes

Set 3

Test 151, Section 2, Q14 — Researcher

Test 129, Section 2, Q19 — Winning

Test 151, Section 4, Q22 — Red light bacteria

Highlights

Ben starts class with a short discussion on attacking arguments and making strong predictions. While going over the questions, he focuses on the importance of understanding the passage. He answers students' questions by directing their attention to what the passage is actually saying. Once an understanding of the passage is established, he shows how to identify flaws (if present) and make a prediction of the answer.

When a student asks Ben to explain a wrong answer, he shows how there are often multiple reasons why an answer is wrong. He highlights that you only need to find one of these reasons to eliminate an answer choice. When going over a question with multiple conditional statements, he once again explains why diagraming on LR will only make things harder. He emphasizes understanding what a passage is actually saying instead of complicating it with abstractions.