Key to the SAT, PSAT, and the SAT Subject Tests Part 1—Attitude, Traps, and Trust
SAT Prep and PSAT Prep Advice
Whether your SAT test preparation consists of working on your own, in a group or class, or one-to-one with a qualified SAT tutor, the following advice will help you get the best scores possible.
SAT Prep Advice: Think of the SAT’s as just a game.
It is a mindset that helps keep [...]
Geometry Proofs: Junk or Gems?
Are geometry proofs Junk or Gems?
The answer is both.
High school students taking geometry, including the new NYS Regents Geometry Course, will be doing lots of geometry proofs.
“When will I ever use this junk?” will almost certainly cross their minds.
The answer is “probably never,” which clearly favors the “junk” designation in the title.
Then why make kids [...]
What do pies have to do with math?
“What do pies have to do with math? I looked up ‘pie’ in the math book and couldn’t find it.” This was a frazzled parent talking. It sounds like a cute math joke, but it’s true.
The word is spelled pi. It is a cute Greek letter that stands for a number a little bigger than [...]
Geometry Proofs Made Easy
Remember geometry proofs? For many students, they are the basis of recurring nightmares.
Here is good news; they don’t have to be. Just do them as if you were telling a story.
Huh?
Bear with me. If you were telling a story about your trip to a beach, is there any way you would mess things up like: [...]
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