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== SAT Exam overview == | == SAT Exam overview == | ||
== SAT Exam Practice == | |||
* "practice" = replication of performance or game-day sitution | |||
** therefore, "SAT practice" is NOT online | |||
** online "practice" is "enrichment" not "practice" | |||
=== SAT Enrichment === | |||
* enrichment means enhancement, getting better | |||
* there are many enrichment sites and manuals | |||
** treat them as enrichment and not practice | |||
* daily problems, vocabulary, etc. is excellent enrichment | |||
** but it is not practice | |||
* above all, ON-LINE "practice" is not practice | |||
** the test is not on-line: it is sit-down, on-paper | |||
** therefore, SAT prep that is not sit-down, online, with official practice or released actual tests, using pencil, clock, and bubble sheet IS NOT PRACTICE | |||
=== SAT Practice === | |||
* practice is mimicking test-day situation | |||
** research shows that replication via practice of actual exam situation yields higher actual exam results | |||
* SAT practice looks like: | |||
** desk and chair | |||
** Official SAT practice test in booklet form | |||
*** not one-sided sheets, not online: booklet | |||
** using pencil and bubble sheet | |||
** analog clock (could be a computer app) | |||
** no distractions | |||
** full-length practice tests | |||
*** can be divided by section, but not less than a section | |||
=== Benefits of SAT Practice === | |||
* familiarity with the types of passages and questions | |||
* developing elimination strategies | |||
* de-coding the way the test-makers build correct and, more importantly, incorrect answers | |||
* tome awareness | |||
* review of responses and understanding why answers are right or wrong | |||
* identify Easy-Medium-Hard questions and passages | |||
* increasing accuracy and efficiency with each practice exam | |||
* bubble sheets use and strategies | |||
* maintaining focus across full-length practice | |||
** building resistance to length and getting past boring | |||
** getting used to test-day situation | |||
** sitting upright & no distractions | |||
** use of juice, fruit-bar, or other natural source of glucose (natural sugar) for refreshment between sections as you would on test day | |||
** practicing breathing, stretching, fidgeting and other refocusing strategies | |||
== SAT Verbal == | == SAT Verbal == | ||