<p>I've been doing a lot of SAT tutoring over the last month, and I'm not doing a very good job. I just don't feel results are being seen or my students are learning anything that will help them increase their score. If anyone could offer any suggestions or advice to improve my abilities as an SAT tutor, that would be great.</p>
<p>also, my school SAT prep sessions during lunch are pretty bad. I can't think of very much useful information I can give to a large group of diverse students to help them beat a stupid test. </p>
<p>what I do for various subjects:</p>
<p>Math: I basically have them take a practice section, then I go over all the problems they miss and try to show them how to approach certain problems</p>
<p>Critcal reading: Showing clients various strategies (some of which I am still forming) to read passages quickly while still maintaining accuracy. I really stink at this and I don't think I'm helping anyone in this area</p>
<p>Essay: I give a rough template of what would make a good, timed essay. I think this is one of the few areas I am successful</p>
<p>Grammar: Make them do practice questions until they just "see" the right way to write a sentence or how to identify an error. Right now, I'm haivng them answer a question, look at the answer, and if they get it wrong, try to figure out the reason for their mistake. It sounds sensible to me, but I'm not sure if it really works.</p>
<p>It appears as if you're focusing mainly on examples, and few techniques. </p>
<p>For the grammer section, you can go over some commenly misused words, except/accept, continual/continuously, illusion/allusion and all that stuff. In addition, you could review proper sentence structure and subject/verb agreement.</p>
<p>For the math section, each day you could focus on one topic of math, ie geometry, alegbra, circles, basic trig. Briefly reviewing the fundamentals of each topic is somewhat helpful. </p>
<p>In regard to the critical reading section, trying to teach the techniques is difficult all in itself. I guess you could try to introduce all of the different techniques; ignoring the questions and reading the passage first, scanning the questions then skimming the passage, or going through question by question in refering to the passage. Everyone works differently in this area, and it is difficult to determine the "best" method to tackle the critical reading section.</p>
<p>All of this comes from my experience in a Sylvan prep class. Personally, I didn't find anything in the class useful. However, the other students in the class thought it was very well structured and beneficial.</p>
<p>I can elaborate more if you want. I just chose to give a brief outline.</p>