Reddit reviews Conquering the SAT: How Parents Can Help Teens Overcome the Pressure and Succeed

well, i teach high school math at an independent school, and the school is just trying to start up a summer program that offers various classes. there's a larger private school in the area that already does an extensive summer program, so our school is aiming to do shorter classes. i proposed a two-week, half day SAT math prep course and it got enough kids signed up to make it happen :-) honestly i don't especially want to teach SAT, but i wanted to do some sort of summer course and have it be related to math and this is probably the only way to make it happen.

the kids at my school are pretty "test anxious"... i have a lot of them who struggle, especially with multiple choice, and a lot who haven't done much of this kind of test at all (coming from montessori schools and such). therefore, i really want to focus the class more on the test-taking itself, and not as much on the math, though i'll definitely try to help each of them individually with math skills as needed.

i actually ordered the new math SAT game plan already, but haven't gotten to it yet. i will definitely prioritize looking at that book next. another book that i just finished and found really interesting was Conquering the SAT. it's not test prep per se, but more about dealing with the various anxiety issues and sabotaging behaviors that kids have.

thank you for the thoughts!