The Center was moved by them. Americans’ SAT ratings had become re-centered in 1995 because of a decline that is 15-year the 1960s and 70s that everyone appears to have forgotten about, as far as I can tell.

The Center was moved by them. Americans’ SAT ratings had become re-centered in 1995 because of a decline that is 15-year the 1960s and 70s that everyone appears to have forgotten about, as far as I can tell.

The ‘center’ was no further 500 by 1995, so it was moved by them.

A student who receives a score of 680 on the Critical Reading in 2011 would have scored a 610 had they taken the test prior to 1995 in other words.

It’s like starting the Gap thinking you are a size 8 but discovering that you squeeze into a size 4. You didn’t unexpectedly slim down; they made the sizes bigger!

Wild Goose Chase

That is how I’d describe the final six weeks; adding to that a Universe that seems to be conspiring against me (is Mercury in retrograde?).

Next SAT is in two days and I also’m pretty sure that I’m moving backwards.

Fast.

And, I seem to have lost any semblance of SAT instinct that I ever endured the chance of getting.

Guess Who Gets the Premier SAT Score Increase I Have Been Able to Find?

 

Another mom! (One more, and I think a trend is had by us.)

Her name is Stacey Howe-Lott and she actually is a tutor who became interested in the SATs after she had a baby, 3 1/2 years ago.

I have been on the lookout for those who have considerably improved their SAT scores so that I can ask them how they achieved it, and so far, a 58+%* math increase from the 55th percentile to the 94th percentile is the biggest I’ve found.**

You can read Stacey’s remarks about how she was increased by her scores so dramatically in this article, and within the meantime, below are a few of this highlights:

  1. Stick with the Official College Board Blue Book.
  2. Use the solutions in the relative straight back of this Blue Book or Khan Videos to understand everything you missed.

I’d want to hear from more those that have increased their ratings considerably.

*Stacey, I did that enhance calculation correctly, right?!

**Thankfully Elizabeth King has got my back. She emailed to let me know that I had in fact presented the percentile information wrongly unclearly. (And individuals wonder why it is critical to learn SAT math?)

Learning and handwriting

 

An Atlantic Monthly article verifies what i am experiencing within my bones about writing things by hand (versus typing for a keyboard).*

Frank Wilson, writer of The Hand: How its Use forms the Brain, Language and Human Culture, says, ‘Although the repetitive drills that accompany handwwriting lessons seem outdated, such instruction that is physical help students to ensure success. He says these activities stimulate brain activity, lead to increased language fluency, and aid in the growth of crucial knowledge.’ He describes in detail the role that is pivotal of movements, in specific the development of thinking and language capabilities, and in ‘developing deep feelings of confidence and desire for the world-all-together, the essential prerequistes for the emergence of the capable and caring individual.’

And on a note that is related I attended a drawing workshop at the Gel Conference with the founders of Zentangle, who also rely on the power of hand-writing. I stocked up making use of their beautiful supplies the second I obtained house, plus this Zentangle book, Yoga for the mind, and I also am here to tell you that there’s a effect that is meditative this activity beyond any such thing you might ever imagine.

We highly recommend Zentangle being a grouped family task with teenagers.

A Few Great Links

 

Love:

  • Vi-Hart — A self-described ‘mathemusician.’ Rabbit Hole Warning. Discovered during the Gel Conference.
  • Education Quick Takes — Super-smart blog about education by well informed petroleum geologist, monetary planner, and mom, Grace Nunez.
  • STEM Parent (Science/Technology/Engineering/Math) — a spirit that is kindred. Just discovered.

My Wall of Math

The last thing we did I do to Help My Child with Math When I Don’t Know Any Myself before I fell off the SAT cliff, was read Dr. Tahir Yagoob’s book, What Can?

I consumed the book that is entire BIG, voracious, eye gulps.

The name of this book shows it’s only for parents trying to aid their kids with math — and undoubtedly, this is a must read for that reason alone. However, the book goes way beyond the parent market, to anyone who wants to discover old study techniques from a man that is extremely smart.

Dr. Yagoob’s bio from Amazon:

‘I am a researcher in astrophysics and an educator in math, physics, and astrophysics. I’m constantly searching for new ways to comprehend things, and have over a quarter of a hundred years of experience in tutoring and math that is mentoring physics over the whole scholastic range, from students at elementary school to those in Ph.D. programs. We have also trained students that are postgraduate postdoctoral scientists to become established scientists and professors in physics and astrophysics. I have published over one hundred research documents on astrophysical topics in peer-reviewed international journals and am an associate of the editorial board of this international peer-reviewed journal ISRN Astronomy and Astrophysics. To inspire and become encouraged are wonderful things and i’ve been encouraged by different authors and their publications from the time we can remember. Two people that stand out that beats all others are Isaac Asimov and Carl Sagan, who to this day are in my own consciousness, continuously driving motivation. By them, even if it is outside your usual genre list if you are young and have never read anything by either of them, I highly recommend reading at least one book. Despite the fact that some of their subject matter may be out-of-date, their style is timeless.’