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Why Test Prep Books Aren't Worth Your Money: The Case of Princeton Review

By Matt L. | 1/30/2013 12:04 AM CST |

All the major test prep books for the SAT, ACT, and GRE -- published by companies like Kaplan, Princeton Review, Barron's, and Manhattan Test Prep -- are poorly written, conceptually deficient, and, worst of all, riddled with serious errors. Students can't be expected to learn from books that aren't even right! And I don't mean the books are riddled simply with typos, which unfortunately is also true, because they are so poorly edited; I mean they really are riddled with serious conceptual errors.

Here's a simple example from the very beginning -- the diagnostic test, of all things! -- of...

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Congratulations to CHRIS, for getting A's in some very challenging business courses.

By Paul C. | 12/16/2012 6:33 AM CST |

Congratulations to CHRIS, for getting A's in some very challenging business courses. You are taking a heavy load of classes, plus you have other multiple responsibilities. You deserve a lot of credit for your good work in your Information Systems, Financial Accounting II, Management, and other classes. You're headed for success. Keep up the good work!

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'Psyching Up' for a standardized test, i.e., the SAT SSAT, ACT, GRE, GMAT, etc., ad naus....

By Alan G. | 12/4/2012 1:41 PM CST |

Have you scheduled a time to take one of the standardized tests listed in the subject line? Are you thinking about signing up to take one of them? Have you taken one already, but have decided to take it again in the hopes of getting a higher score? Have you taken one of the tests, and found the experience so rewarding, you plan to sign up and take the same test simply for the enjoyment? (If you’re in the latter category, I’d seriously examine your core values ; <>

Regardless, if you must take one, and nearly everyone does that plans to enroll in a college, university, professional school,...

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Physical Exercise and Nutrition DO affect our brain performance and brain health.

By Paul C. | 10/23/2012 7:29 AM CST |

As you may know, I am a big fan of the well-known author and brain specialist, Dr. Daniel Amen. He mentions in several of his books that Physical Exercise is good for the brain. I have read of research studies that showed a clear correlation between IMPROVEMENT in students' test scores in math and science, and their level of physical activity (for example, when math class followed PE class, the students had significantly higher scores). Maybe we should schedule PE before all math classes in our schools. What do you think about that idea?

This morning I read an online article on the myhealthnewsdaily...

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My wife is worried about me because I was tutoring in my dreams last night.

By MANNY C. | 9/7/2012 9:26 PM CST |

My wife is worried about me because I was tutoring in my dreams last night.

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Test Prep Students-2: “We don’t know what we don’t know” About Selecting Test Dates

By Deborah M. | 6/15/2012 11:15 PM CST |

I struck up a conversation with a home-schooling mom the other day. Parent of a middle-school student, she told me I should talk to middle school parents about this topic because, as she put it, “We don’t know what we don’t know.”

In my blog post “Test Prep Students 1: Before Our First Session, Please,” I mentioned planning ahead to give yourself more time to prepare. Since then, I’ve come to believe that you can’t have too much time to prepare, regardless of what you are testing for

* High school graduation (Minnesota GRAD)

* College National Merit Scholarships (PSAT/NMSQ)

* Advance college...

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Using current events to explain statistical ideas

By John M. | 6/6/2012 7:08 PM CST |

It is often examples that make ideas understandable to students and current events can be a good source of examples. Case in point. Today in Wisconsin, the issue of the day is the outcome of the recall elections and problems with the exit polling. As a tutor, the outcome isn’t interesting, but exit polling like all surveys is key to the usefulness of statistics! In fact, it gives a great opportunity to illustrate some of the basic (and non-mathematical) ideas and concepts of statistics — usually the ideas presented at the beginning of most introduction-to-statistics courses.

Statistical inferences...

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Weekly Options for Test Preparation

By Courtney H. | 5/14/2012 10:21 AM CST |

We still have another round of tests coming up, and it’s not too late to get some help preparing for whatever test you or your student are going to take. I have various options available in the coming weeks, both private sessions and group sessions. Please don’t hesitate to contact me for full information.

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Summer Programs

By Courtney H. | 5/14/2012 10:10 AM CST |

Now is the time to plan for Summer Tutoring. I will be offering a full schedule of tutoring for the summer, including some interesting group sessions and summer programs. Call for more information!

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Standardized Exams - Tip 4

By Keith T. | 5/11/2012 9:36 AM CST |

This post is for most if not all standardized exams.

The number one issue I see with the majority of students who are preparing for these major and critical exams is that they do not spend enough time prepping.

For example, obtaining a tutor a week or even three weeks before the test date is probably not going to do much to increase your scores, especially if you are meeting up with a tutor for only an hour or two per session, given your current score (pre-test).

Here's my take. If you know that you will take one of these major exams (All High School AP exams included), please start months...

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