LESSON: How to get over 70% accuracy by studying using the Law
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If you are studying for competitive exams and facing some of these situations:
You get many questions wrong: you study with classes, PDFs and materials, but when it comes time to solve the questions, it seems like you don't know anything and end up making many mistakes.
You are stuck at a percentage of correct answers between 40% and 60%: no matter how much you read the course materials, you remain stuck at a certain percentage of correct answers.
You can't pass the 1st phase of the exam: in the end, you never reach the following phases of the exam because you don't reach the cut-off score.
Then, continue reading this text until the end.
You may be in one of the following situations:
You have no idea of the importance of legislation. In exams involving legal matters, legislation accounts for up to 71% of the questions on a test, ranging from technical exams (with an average of 78%) to legal career exams (with an average of 58%).
You don't believe that legislation is really that important. In a study conducted under my coordination (Gerson Aragão) and Professor Nathalia Masson (Constitutional Law), we analyzed more than 33,343 items from previous exam questions and concluded that most of them are simply copies of the letter of the law.
You already know the importance of legislation in exams, but you have difficulty studying and reviewing the immense number of articles required in the syllabus. The worst part is that, even after reading so much material, you don't know which articles of law are most important to memorize and remember at the time of the exam.
But why does this happen?
The big problem is that people study in the following way:
See if this is happening to you:
Attending classes. It's common for every student to want to watch all the course classes in sequence.
Reading PDFs and books. Then, they review what they saw in class using the material, believing that everything is there.
Solving problems. Right after, they solve the problems, often indicated in the material itself, which gives a feeling of learning.
This routine gives a false sense of security to the test-taker, who organizes their study schedules by dividing their available time between classes, materials, and questions.
But, when it comes to the real life of competitive exams:
They get many questions wrong,
They get stuck at 60% correct answers,
They don't pass the first phase of a competitive exam.
This happens because most of the questions, as I explained above, are copies of the legislation. Therefore, your study schedules and organization should take this into account.
But, given the large amount of laws and a vast number of articles, what would be the best way to study this material and divide study time?
How to study legislation to get many questions right in public service exams:
Initial reading of the legislation: Do a quick initial reading of the law, just to get your bearings in relation to the content.
Solving questions: Solve questions about the studied law and analyze each item, understanding the reasons for the correct and incorrect answers.
Highlighting what was asked in the law: Highlight the articles of law that were asked in the questions.
Review and techniques: Constantly review the highlights and use analysis techniques to identify possible future questions.
Now an important point! Even studying this way, correctly:
It will take a lot of time to analyze everything and highlight, because there are many laws and articles, and you won't always know what to highlight.
There are important articles that have not yet been asked in the questions, but that may be asked in the future, as they have characteristics that the examining board likes to use. For this, a specific analysis technique is needed.
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