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"Session Summary: Began with lesson on the science section of the ACT including topics, strategy, common mistakes, and tricks to avoid; Worked through a practice science passage for the 3 types of passages; 14 question diagnostic taken. Homework: Timed practice science ACT "

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"The student and I worked on English and science. He spent the first hour going through English questions and the second hour going through science. He continues to excel the more he practices and as long as he uses these next few weeks well I am confident he'll excel on the test. He is using the ACT prep app during downtime in school which is also helping him. Next session we will focus primarily on math. "

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"The student and I continued our work on the math section of the ACT. We reviewed his homework from practice exam 2. Based on his time trial, he completed the exam with 50/60 correct answers, which is a score of 29. This is a great score and only a few questions away from breaking into the 30s. Some of his errors are the result of complex issues with being unfamiliar with logs (a concept we spent a good deal of time reviewing today to ensure he is aware of all the basic properties of them regarding exponents), but several mistakes deal with small errors (a big one is a failure to convert units). Several of his incorrect answers resulted from problems with converting feet to inches, so we stressed this. He is at the turning point for transitioning into the reading, but I want to make sure he fully capable with the math (while practice 2 was good, he was very shaky with practice exam 3's harder problems). For homework, he has been assigned to complete the remainder of practice exam 3 (questions 1-38 and 49-60). "

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"Because the student is very strong in English and Reading, we decided to focus on Math and Science. On Math, we worked through approximately 40 questions. The most important concepts we went over were logarithms, properties of exponents, and setting up algebraic equations based on word problems. She knows all the math on the test -- her work will be reviewing things she has not touched on for a while, as well as practicing reading questions an extra time to be sure that she is answering the exact words of the question. On Science, we got three practice sections in. We worked on taking a different approach to the section: going directly to the questions and using clues to find the right section of the passage. The trick is using logic and common sense, which she is able to supplement with her large amount of scientific knowledge."

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"I met with the student again for our continuing standardized test study. During this session, we reviewed her SAT homework and began our study of the ACT."

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"The student received his scores from the ACT he took back in September. He did well on the reading section but wants to raise his scores in the math and science (both of which we've been working on) sections. He was surprised by his low score on the grammar sections, so we will start incorporating practice in that area as well into our section. Based on our work together, it seems like his main issue with science and math is from the time frame. Once he gets his score breakdown we will know for sure. We have been working on speed and testing strategies in his sessions, so those issues are already being addressed. The main thing he needs at this point, I believe, is structured practice. He has no trouble with 90% of the questions, so it is mainly about getting those testing techniques formed into habits so that he can answer all the questions in a section and maximize his score, rather than running out of time with questions still left unattempted. We will work on these skills even more in his future sessions as well as reviewing the grammar/ sentence correction parts in preparation for his next attempt at the ACT. "

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"The student and I had our first session today. We talked about her strengths and weaknesses as well as her goals and familiarity with the ACT. We practiced English and Math today and worked on the Writing section. "

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"Since our last meeting, the student had completed an entire (timed) practice test. She performed best on the reading (34) and English (35) sections. Her scores on math and science were 33 and 29, respectively, resulting in an overall composite score of 33. She said she felt most rushed on the math and science tests and had 5-10 minutes to spare on the reading and English tests. We reviewed the questions she missed, and all but a few were clear to her after a second look. Since science was her lowest scoring section, we practiced timing with several science passages from the ACT website. She tends to go through the test question by question, not moving on to the next question until she has addressed the one preceding it. We talked about altering this strategy to avoid spending too much time on difficult (and potentially unrewarding) questions by skipping these time-consuming questions in favor of attempting a new question. Assuming this strategy leaves extra time at the end of the test, she can then review the questions she skipped with a fresh perspective. Before our next session, she will complete an entire practice test (with timing) while applying the strategies we discussed (especially on the math and science tests)."

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"The student and I worked on ACT Reading. While some of the passages she completed for homework were very strong, she struggled with others that were more scientific or filled with technical details. We decided to slow down a bit on timing in order to fix this. We went back through passages more slowly, and concentrated on relaxing and not letting fear of time cause her to make mistakes. This improved her performance immensely. During the next week, we will slowly increase our timing goals, making sure to relax throughout the process as we do."

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"We talked about the client's ACT goals and previous testing scores and discussed overall test taking tips, and proceeded to take online practice tests in science and math, specifically. The client needs to memorize some geometry-related math formulas for the future, the list of which I have sent to him. He reflects that he often works too quickly, not thoroughly reading through the question, which often leads him to incorrect answers. He plans on taking the ACT with writing portion in December, and has not yet taken the writing portion. We will cover that in future sessions. "

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"We went over science strategies, particularly experiment problems, exponent rules and some other practice problems. She is definitely showing improvement and she is going to do more science problems before we meet next time."

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