SAT Preparation: Test Strategies

Synopsis
SAT Preparation: Test Strategies explains the best approaches to the SAT test in general and to each type of question.

Audience
This course is for anyone who wants to improve their scores on the SAT.

Time
4 hours

Product Code: SATC01

After completing SAT Preparation: Test Strategies the user should be able to:

Explain the structure and format of the SAT test

Demonstrate the best methods for taking each type of test question

Prepare for the SAT

SAT Structure
The format of the SAT

Types of questions on the SAT

Scoring of the SAT

Call your schools

Test-Taking Strategies
Don't get stuck

Zap the losers

Always guess

Answer what's asked

Know where the question lives

Know the I II III strategy

Don't read the directions

Strategies for Reading Questions
Read the interesting passages first

Use only what you read

Let the paragraphs help

Read and mark

Make a movie in your head

Know the different types of critical reading questions

Strategies for Analogy Questions
Figure out the relationship between the stem words

Find the same relationship in one of the answer choices

Consider starting with the second stem word

Use the answer choices to help you

Know the most common analogy relationships

Practice with lots of analogy questions

Strategies for Sentence Questions
Use your own word

Look for flag words

Try the second blank first

Try all the choices

Read in your answer choice

Strategies for Problem Solving
Scan choices

See how it ends

Approximate

Work from the choices

Use numbers for unknowns

Strategies for Quantitative Comparisons
Quantitative comparison section

Substitute values for variables

Cancel if you can

Factor out common terms

Diagram strategies

Strategies for Grid-In Questions
Write your answer first

Start whole numbers in any column

Entering fractions or decimals

Leave improper fractions

Change all mixed numbers to improper fractions

Round off at the last possible digit

Preparing for Test Day
Get your materials ready

Calculator tips

Other preparations to consider

Things you won't need

Getting physically and mentally prepared

This course has the following features:

A Skill Assessment

A glossary

Get more out of your Software
Improve your Skills
Prepare for Certification
Save time every time and reduce frustration.

Our online training material lets you:
TEST your skills
LIST the areas where you need additional training
Take lessons that TEACH SKILLS to improve these areas
Tests your skills again

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Repeat the courses as often as you need, you have 12 months of unlimited access and can view your scores anytime so you can easily track your progress.

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