MEMBER EVENT: ACT Workshops - Math & Calculator, Science

Math & Calculator – Who should take this?

• A student hoping to refresh their skills and focus on how to master the first 30 questions on the test
• Students currently scoring below a 28 in math
• Those looking to master the easy and medium level difficulty problems on the test
• Any student looking for a leg up with ACT calculations in the math and science sections

• TI-84 Plus Graphing Calculator for Dummies, 2nd Ed.

• Taking control of the clock
• Process of elimination
• Back-solving and plugging in “test” numbers
• Drawing and labeling
• Identifying the essential question and avoiding traps
• When to use the TI-84 calculator
• What to write on the test to work through a problem and when to use mental math
• Guessing as a time-saving strategy
• Helpful TI-84 basics, including hidden menus and techniques for checking answers
• In-depth review of useful TI-84 functions and programs to use on the ACT

• Any student who wants to demystify the science section.
• Science is one of the best sections of the test to help improve your score, yet often overlooked and feared.

• Three types of passages and how to approach each one
• Taking control of the clock
• How to read graphs, data tables, figures, and experimental design set up and diagrams
• Interpreting the trends in data and finding patterns
• What to read and when to skim
• Process of elimination
• Identifying the essential question and avoiding traps
• How to mark on the test to help quickly find essential information
• Beating the clock with guessing as a time-saving strategy
• How to save one passage for guessing to  giving yourself more time for the other sections.
• How should you approach the “conflicting viewpoints” passage?