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The student and I worked through her Geometry review for her chapter 11 test tomorrow.  It was an extensive review assignment, and she did well with most of the problems.  There are a lot of formulas in this chapter, but she did a good job recalling them and applying them during this review assignment.

The student and I discussed areas for improvement, particularly, pacing and reading comprehension.  We also set a tentative schedule.  I taught her some new techniques for reading comprehension and assigned her homework to practice these new skills. Of note, she has already taken the LSAT and scored a 138.  Although she reports scores ranging from 140-152 on self-administered practice exams, she admits that test anxiety seems to interfere with her performance on official exams.  Thus, in the future, we may want to discuss the idea of my proctoring her on old tests from LSAC so as to best mimic actual test-takng conditions.  This flexibility may be especially important given that she has set a very high goal for herself of 160.  

We did 5 minute sections to time the student and see how many questions she could answer for different sections in a time test situation. Also, we made some vocabulary flash cards and reviewed relevant material.

The student and I met from 6:35-8:05. We worked on his Chemistry review packet which served as preparation for his test make-up and final exam.  We worked extensively on redox reactions, empirical formulas, ionic compounds, covalent compounds, bonding, naming of compounds and reaction energy diagrams. We will be spending two more sessions preparing for his Algebra final.

The student took the second diagnostic test during the week and he did much better in the reading section. On the first test, he only got 1 out of 5 scrambled paragraphs right but this time he got 3 out of 5 right. Also, the 2 that he got wrong had minor mistakes. He improved in the reading passages.

We reviewed previous material on formal logic games and then proceeded to discuss strategies for noting and combining constraints in sequencing games. Then the student worked through two sequencing games. Mastering the diagramming techniques is the student's mission before the next session.