Study Guide Books
The wonders of guidebooks extended from travel guides to literally guides for anything. One industry that has emerged out of peoples needs for guiding information, summaries, tips and many more, is education. Study guide books are great tools for students who want to excell in standardized test like the SAT, GRE, MCAT and many more.
Study guide books are also widely used for providing additional help with subjects found more difficult such as science, math, computer science and many more. They generally contain student notes, tips, memory guides, learning techniques, all to crack the secret code of those mind boggling subjects.
The industry of study guides for standardized tests makes billions of dollars annually, usually around the SAT, MCAT and GRE tests, but also by selling guide books as part of prep classes and one-on-one tutoring. As these tests are be determining factors in college or grad school admissions, the study guide industry builds their advertising on parents and students determination to succeed at acing these them. Apart from the official SAT study guide offered for free in most high schools, there are endless reputable publishing houses competing to offer the best preparation package- books, DVDs, classes and other materials.
Being an important decision for students and parents, and having many choices available make picking the best study guide quite a difficult task. Some will spend thousands of dollars on SAT preparation classes and as some research shows.
How can you choose your perfect study guide that will break the bank? Here’s a Mini Guide to help you pick the best one for you:
Understand what type of learner you are in order to choose the best guide or preparation class. Are you an independent learner or do you need constant supervision?
Try browsing through all the study guides at a local book stores and see which ones you find more organized, more visual or more helpful for you.
Do you learn better in a group or by yourself? If you can learn better in a group, you don’t necessarily need to enroll in a class. You can have your own sat prep group with some of your friends.
What sections of standardized tests do you have the most difficult time mastering? Is it the multiple choice section, is it the reading part? Buy a guide that has more focus on the part you need to improve most on
Establish a schedule and build your own customized prep class with the help of some of your friends, a timer and a study guide
Trust yourself after all it is you that will be taking the test- any class that you may have will only be an aid in your improvement but not the solution.