Strategy
Session
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Topic: Perceptual
Ability
Strategy
Used: Counting Cubes
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When you come to the Cube Counting section of the PAT, don't
count and recount the cubes for each question. This will just
duplicate your efforts and waste time. Instead, take some time up
front to tally all the cubes in the object. Make a list on your
scratch paper with entries of "0 sides painted" to "5 sides
painted" (since no cubes have the bottom painted).
Then methodically go over the stack, and check off the
appropriate column for each cube. After you've finished, add up
all the entries to make sure you haven't left out any cubes. Now
as you look at the questions, it will be easy to obtain the
answers from your list.
A sample might look like
this:
- 0 sides: none
- 1 side : I
- 2 sides: IIIII III
- 3 sides: IIIII III
- 4 sides: IIII
- 5 sides: I
The entries add up to 22, which you can check against the
number of cubes in the object to make sure you haven't missed
any. This strategy can save you a considerable amount of time
during the Cube Counting section.
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