Major Concepts/Content: The College Entrance Preparation course is designed to review and reinforce knowledge of content included on the Scholastic Aptitude test. In addition, the course should help students get better acquainted with the SAT, and in the process, alleviate some of the anxiety associated with taking this important test which could result in major implications for future educational pursuit. 

Major Instructional Activities: Strategies and reasoning will be used to improve student's ability to solve problems on the math portion of the SAT involving arithmetic, elementary algebra, and geometry. Activities for under-standing the verbal portion of the test (to include vocabulary verbal reasoning, and understanding of what is read) will also be a focus of an appropriate balance of the course. Recommended coverage is 9 weeks for the verbal section and 9 weeks for the math section. 

Major Evaluative Techniques: Students will engage in taking many practice tests throughout the course. Improvement on performance will be a major factor in evaluation.

Essential Objective: Upon completion of the College Entrance Preparation course, the students should be able to

• Differentiate among types of math skills needed to solve problems.
• Analyze and apply strategies for solving math problems
• Apply arithmetic and algebraic concepts to solve problems.
• Interpret geometric figures and apply appropriate geometric properties to solve problems.
• Compare quantities of different expressions or figures for equality or inequality.
• State and compare relationships to answer analogy questions.
• Distinguish between uses and meanings of words for antonym questions,
• Recognize relationships among parts of a passage or a sentence.
• Answer questions of what is stated or implied in a passage.
• Recognize and practice good test-taking strategies. 

Last Revised: July 19, 2005