Gruber's Complete Sat Guide 2011

by Gruber, Gary

• ISBN13: 9781402237775
• ISBN10: 1402237774
• Edition: 14th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-07-01
• Publisher: Sourcebooks Inc

Summary

What the Media is saying : "Gary Gruber is the most prominent guru of SAT preparation."- Chicago Tribune "His methods make the questions seem amazingly simple to solve."- Library Journal "Dr. Gruber knows the ins and outs of the SAT."- Los Angeles Times What Students, Parents, and Educators Are Saying: "The work that Gary Gruber does should be given to every student and every teacher."-Dr. Shirley Thornton, former deputy superintendent, California State Department of Education "I've gone through almost all the SAT books I can get ahold of, and so far the best is the Gruber's SAT book. I wish I could have found it earlier."-Online review "With the aid of your books, my scores improved so dramatically that I am now anticipating acceptance into schools that I was reluctant to even apply to."-Lauren Frasciello, Princeton, New Jersey "In regards to the breadth and quality of material offered, the difference between Gruber's and other publications is quite astonishing. Indeed, only Gruber's deserves the highest recommendation in SAT preparation."-Online reviewGet the Skills that Unlock the Answers With the explanation to a question, you can answer that one question. With the Gruber strategies, you can answer thousands of questions! These strategies show you how to think about problems instead of trying to solve each one individually and can be used consistently on every SAT test.Use the Most Trusted Method More schools use Dr. Gruber's books for SAT courses than any other SAT books. PBS chose Dr. Gruber to train teachers nationally to improve the nation's SAT scores. National learning centers, state agencies, and state education departments have contracted with Dr. Gruber to improve SAT scores and critical thinking ability.Everything You Need to Study to Get the Top Score Five Full-Length SAT Practice Tests An Extensive Vocabulary Builder Advice on Tackling the Essay Section Get the Skills that Unlock the Answers Essential Strategies for Writing, Vocabulary, Math, and Critical Reading And Everything Else You Need

Excerpts

<h2>The Author Has Something Important to Tell You About How to Raise Your SAT Score</p></h2><p><b>What Are Critical Thinking Skills?</b><br>First of all, I believe that intelligence can be taught. Intelligence, simply defined, is the aptitude or ability to reason things out. I am convinced that you can learn to think logically and figure things out better and faster, particularly in regard to SAT Math and Verbal problems. But someone must give you the tools. Let us call these tools strategies. And that's what Critical Thinking Skills are all about-strategies.</p><p><b>Learn the Strategies to Get More Points</b><br>The Critical Thinking Skills (beginning on page 57) will sharpen your reasoning ability so that you can increase your score up to 300 points on each part of the SAT.<br>These Critical Thinking Skills-5 General Strategies, 19 Math Strategies, and 16 Verbal Strategies-course right through this book. The Explanatory Answers for the 5 Practice Tests in the book direct you to those strategies that may be used to answer specific types of SAT questions. We can readily prove that the strategies in Part 4 of this book are usable for more than 90 percent of the questions that will appear on your SAT. Each additional correct answer gives you approximately 10 points. It is obvious, then, that your learning and using the 40 easy-to-understand strategies in this book will very likely raise your SAT score substantially.</p><p><b>Are the Practice Tests in This Book Like an Actual SAT?</b><br>If you compare any one of the 5 Practice Tests in this book with an actual SAT, you will find the book test very much like the actual test in regard to format, question types, and level of difficulty. Compare our book tests with one of the official tests, published by the College Board!</p><p><b>Building Your Vocabulary Can Make a Big Difference on Your Test</b><br>Although Antonyms no longer appear on the SAT, Vocabulary will still be tested, especially on Sentence Completions, and Reading Comprehension. This book includes five vital sections to build your vocabulary:</p><p>1. 3,400 Word List<br>2. 100 Vocabulary Tests<br>3. Latin and Greek Roots, Prefixes, and Suffixes<br>4. The Most Important/Frequently Used SAT Words<br>5. The Hot Prefixes and Roots</p><p>If you have time, it is important for you to study this word-building instructional material. You will find that many, many words in the 3,400 Word List will actually show up in the Sentence Completion and Reading Comprehension sections of the Verbal part of your SAT. We repeat that each additional correct answer adds approximately 10 points to your score. Knowing the meanings of the words in the 3,400 Word List will, therefore, help you considerably to "rake in" those precious points.</p><p><b>Study the Latin and Greek Roots, Prefixes, and Suffixes</b><br>We have developed a list of roots, prefixes, and suffixes that contains the 50 prefixes and roots that give you the meaning of more than 150,000 words. Learning all 366 will increase your vocabulary immensely. You may also wish to study the Hot Prefixes and Roots in Appendix A.</p><p><b>Study the Most Important/Frequently Used SAT Words</b><br>We have developed a list of the most frequently used words and their opposites related to specific categories for easy memorization. Study these words.</p><p><b>Study the Mini-Math Refresher</b><br>If you believe you are weak in the basic math skills area, study the Mini-Math Refresher. The material in the section is keyed to the Complete Math Refresher section for more complete instruction.</p><p><b>Take the 101 Most Important Math Questions Test</b><br>To see what are your weak basic math skills areas, take the 101 Most Important Math Questions Test and look at the solutions to the questions. The questions are keyed to the Complete Math Refresher so you can further brush up on your weak areas by referring to those pages in the Complete Math Refresher part for those questions you missed.</p><p><b>The Explanatory Answers to Questions Are Keyed to Specific Strategies and Basic Skills</b><br>The Explanatory Answers in this book are far from skimpy-so unlike those of other SAT books. Our detailed answers will direct you to the strategy that will help you to arrive at a correct answer quickly. In addition, the Math solutions in the book refer directly to the Math Refresher section, particularly useful in case your Math skills are "rusty."</p><p><b>Lift That SAT Score</b><br>By using the material in this book, that is, by taking the tests, learning the specific strategies, refreshing your basic skills, etc., as described above, you should increase your SAT score substantially.</p>