New Study Devices for the New SAT

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<p>WSJ's March 8th edition:</p>

<p>Test-prep CDs, puzzles, cellphone software hit a market of non-readers.
It's a race out there for market share of new products. Princeton Review and Kaplan have SAT software for cell-phones. TI is programming their calculators with math and vocab. drills.Sparknotes is honing in on IPOD. Classics are being reprinted with SAT words in bold-face. And to top it all, lyrics are being written with SAT words, such as "How ironic that you are going away to be a cardiologist"
Any buyers?</p>

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<p>i continue to maintain that the superior method of improving an unconscionably diminutive vocabulary is to read extensively. through this process one may soon surprise acquaintances by utilizing polysyllabic verbiage in casual discourse. ;)</p>

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<p>very clever, tyg, or should I say extraordinarily ingenious.</p>

<p>You are right though, extensive reading is the best preparation.
These companies however are marketing to the students who are not avid readers, and looking to attract them with electronic devices.</p>