How does the Study Hall Test Preparation program work?
NOTE: We are revising the program to respond to current conditions and will have chcnges posted soon. That revision will be a form of our present program Currentlly our students are practing tests remotely.
Parents and students often ask for the advantages of using The Study Hall program. Those are:
VALUE – $600 covers unlimited instruction for SAT and ACT until graduation
INDIVIDUAL INSTRUCTION – One student one teacher
SCHEDULING – open 7 days a week, so students work according to their schedule.
IMPACT over HOURS – we work on what the individual student needs, not a class
INTERACTIVE PROGRAMS – Propriety programs are available on all devices 24/7.
The essential parts of the program are:
Two one hour appointments during which the students get their text and individual instruction informing them about the strategies and skills required for the tests.
After the appointments, the students come in to take sections of the tests. Upon completion of a test section we review the tests and show them how to answer questions correctly. Appointments are not necessary.
After each full test, especially after the first full test, we analyze each student’s performance and determine specific content gaps.
After we determine the content needs, whether it is with individual instruction, interactive instruction and practice, or supplemental materials we improve the content gaps if present.
The students return to the test, analyze, and improve cycle for all the ACTs and SATs they take until they graduate.
Please call me at 214-691-2868 or email hdavis@studyhalldallas.com so I can answer your questions
Since the SAT and PSAT have changed, the content tested almost exactly mirrors the content on the ACT. That allows us to rely more on improving reading, writing, and math content knowledge.
We are open seven days a week, and they don’t need appointments to take the tests, so they can fit test sessions into their schedules conveniently.
The students here get exclusive access to our websites. The students will find instructive videos, interactive math questions and reading passages and much more. We give them access to the mobile optimized webpages because kids these days expect information to be available 24/7. The main learning takes place onsite but the online program is proving to be a very valuable tool since they can access it 24/7.
We make certain our students have mastered the following or we teach them mastery.
Reading
Reading Critically
Power Skimming
Interpreting words and phrases in context
Analyzing word choice
Anallyzing text structure
Analyzing point of view
Analyzing purpose
Analyzing arguments
Citing textual evidence
Determining central ideas and themes
Summarizing
Understanding relationships
Interpreting graphics
Main topic
Analysis of syntax
Combining sentences
Revising and editing in context
Writing Skills
Revising and editing grammar n context
Subject – verb agreement
Error in use of idioms
Non idiomatic preposition coming after a verb
Wrong word
Wrong verb tense
Number agreement
Pronoun in the wrong number
Pronoun in the wrong case
Pronoun shift
Pronoun with an ambiguous reference
Faulty comparisons
Misuse of adjective or adverb
Double negative
Run on sentence
Sentence fragment
Misplaced modifier
Faulty parallelism
Faulty coordination or subordination
Prefer the active voice
Comparatives
Punctuation
Commas
Comma splices
Semi-colon
Colon
Parenthesis
Dash
Quotation marks
iIalics
Types of sentences
Simple
Compound
Compound-complex
Essay Writing
Analyzing arguments
Analyzing multiple perspectives on an issue
Organizing and writing essays
Data Representation (Science on ACT)
Analyzing and interpreting data presented in charts and graphs
Interpreting resaearch summaries
Analyzing conflicting viewpoints
Identifying pertinent labels, units, and variations
Math
Multistep complex problems
Averages
Percentages
Word problems
Inequalities
Absolute values
Exponents
Radicals
Simultaneous equations
Scientific notation
Angles
Area
Volume
Pythagorean Theorem
Special triangles
Congruent and similar triangles
Functions
Proportions & Ratio
Work problems
People moving problems
Exterior angle of triangle
Sum of 2 sides of a triangle
Statistics
Order of operations
Probability
X & Y intercepts
Abstractions
Split numerator
Overlapping groups
Shaded regions
Fraction within fraction
Remainders
Sequences
Variation
Sine, cosine, tangent
Slope
Permutation and combination
Radians
Circle graph equation
Logarithms
Matrix
Distance rate formula
Domain and range
Imaginary mumbers
Complex numbers
Triginometric identities
Period
Data analysis
Chords
Equation of parabola
Quadratic formula
Completing the square
Dividing polynomials
Relation between algebraic and graphical representation
Domain and range
Maximum and minimum values
End behavior
Asymptotes
Symmetry
Transformations
Functional rotation
Please call me at 214-691-2868 or email hdavis@studyhalldallas.com so I can answer your questions
Resources
SAT, ACT Text
Vocabulary Text
Parents FAQ Book
Previously Administered SAT, SAT II, ACT, PSAT tests
Detailed Explanations for those tests
Supplemental prototypical questions and exercises
Essay instruction
Interactive Online Programs and Videos for all devices
Interactive Programs and Videos for all devices
SAT and ACT Presentations showing how to take the test
Vocabulary videos of each of the words in the text
Innovative spaced retrieval program
Simulated Test sections
Critical Reading passages
Math prototypes
Vocabulary novella
Emailed Vocabulary Program