Dissecting the ACT: A Unique Student Perspective on the ACT or ACT Test Prep with Real ACT questions
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This book helps students improve ACT scores by performing an analysis of real ACT questions for one complete real ACT examination- dissecting the test, in other words. This complete real ACT test is available free of charge from the test maker. This analysis is performed by authors who have actually taken the ACT and have obtained high scores. In addition, the analysis of the test is from a student's perspective rather than from a teacher's or a test maker's perspectives. This unique perspective enables the authors to share insights not found in any other books. Using this book will give the reader a deep and accurate understanding of the skills and knowledge necessary for success on the real ACT test. In addition, the book also includes a detailed and highly effective ACT preparation plan including information about how to obtain additional free real ACT tests.
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 In my opinion the most valuable tool for increasing your ACT score |
| Review Date: April 8, 2009 |
| Reviewer: R. Gottumukkala, |
| I was looking for something to help my younger brother with his ACT preparation and stumbled upon this book. I remember being disappointed with test preps books in general when I was in high school, and this book FINALLY elucidates the vital concepts that the other test prep companies have failed so miserably to address. While the typical test prep books (Princeton Review, Kaplan, Barron's) yammer on about useless strategies and attempt to provide comprehensive coverage of every possible topic that might appear on the ACT, this wonderful little guide focuses on the core concepts necessary to master the test. It is also the only guide I've seen that emphasizes the immense value of using only the practice tests designed by the test makers, and the solutions provided to one of the real practice tests provide wonderful examples of the proper mental approach to answering ACT questions. In conjunction with the Real ACT prep guide this is in my opinion the most useful tool you can acquire for increasing your score quickly. My younger brother just recently took the ACT for a second time, and his composite score went up by five whole points after studying this book thoroughly and taking several real practice tests. I've never been more satisified with any test prep guide. |
This book is great!
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| Review Date: March 7, 2009 |
| Reviewer: Deanne Bloomfield, |
| My son has always been working hard to give himself further oppurtunities after completing high school. When he first took the test, he was very disappointed with his score. He looked into several resources and found that this was the book that was most helpful to him. He likes the way the that this book analyzes and explains actual test taking material. The manner in which the strategies are introduced and then applied make the test taking strategies very understandable. After my son took the test a second time, he was very satisfied with the results, since his score went from a 29 to a 33! As a parent, I'm very glad my son was able to increase his score by 4 whole points using such a very affordable resource. This book was such a great aid I would recommend it for all students preparing to take the ACT. 5 stars for sure! |
Written by a perfect scorer, the book is much more than "just explanations" for one full real test.
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| Review Date: June 13, 2009 |
| Reviewer: Mike Erickson, USA |
This book and the Real ACT Prep Guide(The Real ACT Prep Guide: The Only Official Prep Guide From The Makers Of The ACT )are the only two books you need to prepare for the ACT. This book has the most easy to understand summery of grammar, punctuation and rhetorical skills that I have seen. I have seen 7 real ACT tests and have never come across an English question that was not covered in this book.
The list of math concepts is also very comprehensive and has a list of all the formulas that you need for the test. Again, I have never come across a math question on any of the 7 real ACT tests that I have seen that needed a formula that was not in this book. Also the math section directs you to real ACT questions (in the official practice test) to illustrate how the concepts are tested. I found this very helpful.
The science reasoning strategy in this book is very effective. I was never able to finish the science section until I started to use this strategy. My scores on the official practice tests used to be in the high 20s because I could not finish this section. Using this book's strategy, I got a 36 in the science on the last test that I took!
The book gives you links to three free real ACT tests and provides very good explanations for the current official practice test in the booklet "Preparing for the ACT". These explanations are from an author who has a perfect score of 36 on the ACT.
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A Must have in all high school libraries!
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| Review Date: March 6, 2009 |
| Reviewer: J. Anderson, Naperville, IL |
| If you can only buy one book to help you achieve higher scores on your ACT, then this would be the book! These authors have truly dissected the ACT practice test and given the background information necessary to not only understand the ACT practice test questions, but to thoroughly understand the subject so that the reader is prepared for variations of these questions on the ACT. This slim, easy to read and understand book covers a lot of territory. I wish this book had been available for me when I was preparing for the ACT! All parents should buy this book for their ACT-bound children, and all libraries should include this in their collection. Additionally, the proceeds from this book benefit the Chicago Public School system by providing them with free copies. |
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| Review Date: September 14, 2009 |
| Reviewer: Linda S, Lenox MA |
| This book gives some good general advice about the ACT. However, much of the book goes over the correct answers for a particular version of an ACt exam, which we did not have. I don't know how hard it would be to get that version. |
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