FEBRUARY 25TH, 2010
By A-PLUS EDUCATOR
February 2010 Newsletter
In This Issue:
| Featured Student: Will Kuzma
A+ Test Prep and Tutoring is very proud to report that one of our students, Will Kuzma, received a nearly perfect score of 2330 (out of a possible 2400 points) on the June 2009 SAT. This represents a 300 point increase from his October 2008 PSAT score! Will, who is a senior at Council Rock North High School, got a 760 in Critical Reading, a perfect score of 800 in Math, and a 770 in Writing. |
| Websites that Follow Trends in College Admissions
Two revered publications, The New York Times, and The Wall Street Journal devote a portion of their websites to covering current practices and emerging trends in the college admissions process. |
| Rethinking the Goals of Elementary School
Student should be able to read a chapter book, write a story and a compelling essay; know how to add, subtract, divide and multiply numbers; detect patterns in complex phenomena; use evidence to support an opinion; be part of a group of people who are not their family; and engage in an exchange of ideas in conversation. |
| Free Proctored SAT Practice Exam
SAT Proctored Practice Exam
Saturday, March 6, 2010, 10:00 AM-2:15 PM |
| The Myth of Multitasking
Shifting of attention from one task to another often gives us a false sense of competence, argues Clifford I. Nass, Professor of Psychology at Stanford University. |
JULY 31ST, 2009
By DASCHER
FREE TEST PREP VOCABULARY BUILDER
MemoWiz is a program that makes learning all the vocabulary you need for the new SAT easy and fast.
Learning vocabulary can be a boring and tedious process. MemoWiz was built to make your learning experience as fast, efficient and fun as possible.
Here are some of the key features:
For a limited time this new approach to learning SAT or ACT vocabulary is available free to students and friends of A+ Test Prep and Tutoring. You can try out a demo at MemoWiz. If you are interested in getting a Full Version of this software free, just email us and MemoWiz will provide you with your own personal login.
Good luck and have fun!!
FEBRUARY 21ST, 2009
By A-PLUS EDUCATOR
Cliffs Notes, the company that publishes the study guides that students have relied on for generations, sometimes to the dismay of their teachers, has published a new line of books in the Manga format.
Manga, a Japanese form of comic book, has recently become a very popular form of literature in the U.S. Manga are similar to graphic novels, but the artwork is rendered in the traditional style popular in Japan.
This line of books contains classic titles including works by Shakespeare, Hawthorne and Twain. The books contain original text of these works, and remain true to the setting. These books represent a good entry point into some of the more difficult works of classic literature that otherwise might be intimidating for students.
For a sample of these manga adaptations click here.
FEBRUARY 6TH, 2009
By DASCHER
BrainyFlix.com, a website sponsored by the MIT Alumni Association, is conducting an unusual vocabulary contest. The website is seeking homemade videos designed to teach the meaning of specific vocabulary words which often appear on college board exams such at the SAT and ACT.
Each video should be about one of the words on the vocabulary list created by BrainFlix.com. Videos must explain the meaning of the word correctly and well enough for students who see the video to learn and actually remember the meaning of the word. Of course, fun anc creativity are encouraged. The deadline for videos to be submitted is March 16, 2009. The top prize is $600, of which $200 will go directly to the video’s creator and the balance of $400 will go to the student’s school.
NOVEMBER 18TH, 2008
By DASCHER
It has recently become fashionable to denigrate the SAT exam. Many articles have been written about the fact that the SAT is only a slightly better predictor of college grades than high school grades. However, new data from an analysis done by the State University of New York (SUNY) indicate that the SAT is in fact quite a good predictor of college success, if you define success in terms of graduation rates. Read the full New York Times article here.
