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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 ==



Revision as of 02:22, 4 April 2021

SAT Exam Prep


SAT Exam overview[edit | edit source]

SAT Exam Practice[edit | edit source]

  • "practice" = replication of performance or game-day sitution
    • therefore, "SAT practice" is NOT online
    • online "practice" is "enrichment" not "practice"

SAT Enrichment[edit | edit source]

  • 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[edit | edit source]

  • 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[edit | edit source]

  • 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[edit | edit source]

SAT Reading[edit | edit source]

  • SAT Reading Section Test Directions
    • Students are to answer questions based upon:
      • what is stated" in the text or graphs (explicit meanings, textual and direct comprehension)
      • what is "implied" in the text or graphs (implicit meanings, inference, deduction, identification of author purpose and techniques)
  • SAT Reading Test Structure
    • Students have 65 minutes to answer 52 questions
    • Reading test has five readings with 10 or 11 questions each
      • = average 13:00 min per reading passage
      • note: two readings contain 11 questions so may take longer

Go to SAT Reading for more

SAT Writing[edit | edit source]

  • SAT Writing Section Test Directions
    • students are to answer questions based upon:
      • revising text for effective expression of ideas
      • correcting grammatical errors, such as sentence structure, usage, or punctuation
      • interpret graphs and apply to text corrections
    • some questions will refer to an underlined portion of a passage
    • some questions will ask you to consider a portion of a passage or the passage as a whole
    • the correct answer “most effectively improves the quality of writing”
    • correct answers conform to “conventions of standard English”
  • SAT Writing Test Structure
    • students have 35 min. to answer 44 questions
    • test has four readings passages with 11 questions each
      • = average of 8:45 min per passage

SAT Essay[edit | edit source]

  • SAT Essay section cancelled as of June 2021
    • along with SAT subject tests
  • SAT Essay provides valuable practice and skills for rhetorical analysis

Other Resources & Pages[edit | edit source]

SAT Math[edit | edit source]

SAT Math without Calculator[edit | edit source]

SAT Math with Calculator[edit | edit source]