134 multiple choice questions

28 essay questions

1) Awareness

2) Review Basic Skills

3) Understand question types and thinking process

4) Strategies and techniques

(general & specific)

5) Practice, practice, practice

MSAT - how much you know

- list points, don't write essays

- bullet point

Know the test in depth

Be a good test taker

Know what they are looking for.

Strategies & Techniques

- 5 min left - guess the rest

Practice/ practice / practice

(1 min. a question)

12 min. per each question

Know some of the common authors

Bullet and example

If they ask for 3, give them 3

Understand the writing process

Work the problem 1st, then describe the steps

Piaget

Kolburg

Erikson

Sullivan

moral development - know the stages

use buzz words. use properly

follow through

motor skills

Vasco De Gamma

Marco Polo

(list & discuss)

pesticides battery

energy heredity & environment

coal vs. oil

nuclear

Construct an experiment

-erosion / acid rain

- circulatory system

1) have a plan, make a reasonable schedule

2) stick to the schedule

3) tab the book

4) highlight areas as you go.

5) maintain and improve your strong areas

6) shore up your weak areas

7) pick up supplementary materials

8) focus your review

9) use multiple choice to help with constructed response practice

10) practice your test taking skills

11) use your time efficiently

12) look for those MSAT information moments

No zero's, at least one’s on everything.

1) Timing 18 questions - 180 minutes

2) Penalty blank - get 0

3) Most difficult part - getting started

4) Reread the question

5) Circle, underline or list tasks

6) Glean info from the question

7) Prewrite

8) Use buzzwords (properly)

9) Don’t be too smart on one question (only 10 minutes)

10) Don’t get stuck, write an answer

11) use common sense

1) No penalty for guessing

2) Timing - 120 questions - 120 minutes

3) Avoid the misread. Underline or circle

4) One check, two check system

5) Eliminate distracters

6) glean info from the question

7) compare info. in the choices

8) don’t get stuck

9) use common sense

10) get the ones you should get right

Specific Strategies

underline or circle

pull out info

work forward

work backward from answers

substitute simple numbers

(1,2,10,100)

( 0,1 first because they are easy)

A) 2

B) 5 pick the middle number first

C) 7

D) 8

Use common sense approach

draw or sketch diagram and figures

mark in or label diagrams

approximate

in procedure - type problems

(given a box) Pre- read question

be reasonable

don’t get stuck

1) Awareness - bring it with you

2) Basic Skills - study in breath

3) Eliminate mistakes

4) Strategize

5) Practice / practice

Jan Christinson notes

Babrow Test Prep.

1-800-426-2769

steamline study

history is the most difficult

ABC - button on calculator

Test complexity

4) language arts

Can miss 41 questions

Strategies are key to pass test

keep moving on test - don’t reread

read questions only once - mind must be focused

GUESS & GO

pick a favorite letter and stick w/ it.

TIME MANAGEMENT

Lang. 15 - 18 minutes

Math #48 - 48 minutes

GUESS & GO

remain positive, stay positive

BOOKS

Everything You Need to Know About Homework - US history

5th and 6th grade - Lang. Arts

Usborne - encyclopedia electricity

Math on Call

CD Rom Encyclopedia