With the New SAT 12 Days Away, SparkNotes Shares 'The Top 5 Power Tactics' to Help Students Score High; SparkNotes: The New SAT Study Guide Becomes a Bestseller at Barnes & Noble.NEW YORK New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of -- On March 12, high school students from across the country will take the new SAT, which now includes a new Writing section with an essay, more advanced algebra algebra, branch of mathematics concerned with operations on sets of numbers or other elements that are often represented by symbols. Algebra is a generalization of arithmetic and gains much of its power from dealing symbolically with elements and operations (such as , and a maximum score of 2400. The creators of SparkNotes, the leading educational publisher of today's most popular study guides, have compiled their Top 5 Power Tactics to help students reach their target score on the new SAT and get into the college of their choice. The tactics below, distilled from SparkNotes' bestselling bestselling adjective successful, top, hit (informal) smash (informal) flourishing, lucrative, smash-hit (informal) chart-topping (informal) moneymaking, number one, highly successful SAT study guides, suggest that students: 1. Fly "Bombing Runs Noun 1. bombing run - that part of the flight that begins with the approach to the target; includes target acquisition and ends with the release of the bombs bombing, bombardment - an attack by dropping bombs " Answering questions consecutively from number 1 on down is death on the SAT. Learn how to scan each question and pick your best shots first 2. Take Educated Guesses The SAT penalizes blind guessing, but rewards educated guessing. An educated guess is a guess you make after eliminating at least one answer choice that you know is wrong. If you can cut just one choice, always guess. 3. Write a "Fast Food" Essay The fast food essay gives its customers (the SAT essay graders) exactly what they want in five paragraphs: an introduction first (the top bun BUN blood urea nitrogen; see urea nitrogen. BUN abbr. blood urea nitrogen Blood urea nitrogen (BUN) ), three example paragraphs (the meat) and a conclusion (bottom bun). 4. Rule Out "Distractors" Many answer choices are "distractors," designed to mislead mis·lead tr.v. mis·led , mis·lead·ing, mis·leads 1. To lead in the wrong direction. 2. To lead into error of thought or action, especially by intentionally deceiving. See Synonyms at deceive. you. SAT questions proceed from easiest to most difficult in that order. Difficult questions often contain distractors designed to trap students with answers that seem right at first glance. Don't fall for distractors, especially on the last few difficult questions in each section. 5. Plug It In This is a very valuable strategy you can use on the Math section, especially on long word problems involving algebra. Substituting numbers instead of variables or symbols makes abstract problems easier to solve. In addition to its series of more than 450 study guides, SparkNotes has introduced a new line of SAT study prep products, which features 21 publications, including The New SAT & PSAT PSAT Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test PSAT Puget Sound Action Team PSAT Particulate Source Apportionment Technology PSAT Predicted Site Acquisition Table PSAT Princeton South Asian Theatrics PSAT Pacific Situation Assessment Team (DoD) guide, a collection of SAT vocabulary novels, a series of SAT Power Tactics guides, SAT SparkCharts, and Spuzzles! (a book of crossword puzzles crossword puzzle, word game in which words corresponding to numbered clues are put into a grid of horizontal and vertical squares to form intersecting words. The puzzle is solved when a player supplies all of the words correctly. designed to improve SAT vocabulary comprehension comprehension Act of or capacity for grasping with the intellect. The term is most often used in connection with tests of reading skills and language abilities, though other abilities (e.g., mathematical reasoning) may also be examined. ). Students who purchase The New SAT & PSAT guide also gain access to a fully interactive SAT section of the SparkNotes.com website with sample SAT tests and tools, as well as an entire new SAT practice test graded for free. About SparkNotes Founded in 1999 by four Harvard seniors, SparkNotes (now owned by Barnes & Noble) is producing a new generation of "smarter, better, faster" educational resources for high school and college students to use on and offline. Originally launched as SparkNotes.com, the company has quickly become the world's most popular educational Web site with more than ten million registered users. In response to demand from students, parents, and educators SparkNotes Publishing began printing their products in 2002. There are now more than 450 study aid titles in print. |
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