How to Prepare for the Ssat/ISEE

by Kathleen Elliott and David Ebner

This entirely new manual prepares students to pass either the Secondary School Admissions Test or the Independent School Entrance Exam, tests that are nationally administered as admission requirements... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0764129007
• ISBN13: 9780764129001
• Release Date: May 2005
• Publisher: Barrons Educational Series
• Length: 358 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 8.4" x 10.9"

Customer Reviews

SSAT Review book

I bought this book for my 13yr old 8th grader. It's an excellent resource guide for anyone taking the test. I would also suggest the Barrons book in additon to this.

Very helpful

Highly recommend. This book is worth it even just for the test-taking tips. It has helped my son immensely.

Preparing for the SSAT by Barron's Publishers et al.

This work contains pertinent examples on the English language portion of the exam, as well as the Mathematical computation. A strength of this presentation is that it focuses the candidate's attention on problems certain to be tested. The authors set forth a thorough review of techniques for approaching problem sets and completing the exam within the time allotted. This is an exam where each question is allotted approximately 1 and 1/2 minutes. There is barely enough time; however, there is none to waste. Much of the higher math is beginning and intermediary algebra. The student might encounter the following exam questions in math (according to the author): - 3 SQR 8 minus SQR 18 = 3 SQR 2 - The area of a square is 4a^2. Find the perimeter. Ans. 8A - Estimate y= 4x^3 where x= 2/3 Ans. 1.2 - A triangle has an angle of 50 degrees and two equal angles. Find the angles. 180-50= 130 and 130/2= 65 degrees - Solve ( a SQR 42/ b SQR 7 )= a SQR 7 x SQR 6/ b SQR 7 The SQR of 7 is in the numerator and denominator:. aSQR6/b Plenty of math questions (identical to the above) are provided by the author throughout the text. As such, this is an important strength of the work. As a former teacher of College Algebra,Probability/Statistics and Computer Applications, I can attest to the importance of solving many pertinent problem sets to grasp the subject matter comprehensively. The English language portion of the exam requires paragraph reading and interpretive questions. On paragraph reading, the candidate should read the questions first, then attempt the answers. Very often, there are questions on "the purpose or theme" of the presentation. The answers may be in the first sentence or the first paragraph. IT PAYS TO UNDERLINE ON THIS EXAM. The authors of this text explain the cited methodology. Some students could benefit from additional reading practice. Vendors; such as "Speed Your Read", "Eye Q" or Evelyn Wood provide instructional algorithms which set the reading speed incrementally up to 2000 words per minute or thereabouts. A weakness of this work is that the author may assume too much information about the reading component of the exam. Some students would benefit from a supplemental reading course in order to strengthen their overall performance on the SSAT exam. In addition, candidates are provided sentences to place in a logical order. The exam is straight-forward for the well-prepared candidate. The optimal study regimen would involve purchasing this text or one like it. Study a formal review text or course for approximately 3 months prior to the actual test administration. This acquisition is valuable because it explains how to study for the exam comprehensively without cramming the night before the test administration. A minority of students (perhaps 1/2 of 1%) can literally look at individual problems and solve them . Most students are not in this ca