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SAT Reading: Everybody loves cupcakes!
Mmmmmm…everybody loves cupcakes! How will you ever choose between them? Each one looks better than the last! Students often take on the critical reading section like they are entering a […]
Read MoreCritical Reading: Stand in the author's shoes (and opinions)
Here’s a shocker: the SAT doesn’t give a rip what you think. They especially don’t care about your opinion about the critical reading passages. My students usually put their personal opinion […]
Read MoreHow do we remember?
John Medina, author of Brain Rules, recently talked about how we remember: 1) The more elaborately we encode information at the moment of learning, the stronger the memory. 2) Retrieval […]
Read MoreGet Tough with the Critical Reading Answer Choices
I was working with a student today who, like many of my students, was being too nice with the Critical Reading answers. Her thought process went something like this: “Well, […]
Read MoreRegister now for the October SAT!
I know fall seems a long way away at the moment. But the seats are already filling up for the October 5 SAT test. (I’ll be driving to our neighboring […]
Read MoreDownload the Direct Hits book for free
Woo hoo! Direct Hits is offering an ebook version of the book for free through Wed, July 10. Grab it while you can.
Read MoreYou don't need a fancy calculator
My calculator always makes my students laugh. It doesn’t even have an exponent button. And yet it has gotten me though each of the 40 or so SAT tests I’ve […]
Read MoreCongratulations to my students for achieving great SAT scores!
Congratulations to my recent students on their outstanding work! Q. and I spent 4 hours together working on the Math section. He pulled up his score 90 points – from […]
Read MoreThe Definitive SAT Critical Reading book
Want to ace the Critical Reading section? The Complete Guide to SAT Reading by Erica Meltzer will show you exactly how to do it. I *only* use the Official SAT Study […]
Read MoreSAT Math Strategy: Use Speed Bumps to Slow Down
Often my students are so thrilled when they solve a math problem, they jump right to the answer choices to see if they can find the answer. Sometimes it’s not […]
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