Futureu the prep game for sat rom

For example, my favorite "game" is cal led Predictions. It mimics the Sentence Completion portion of the SAT by providing statements with words intentionally left out. In the SAT, the student would find a list of words--or word pairs--below the sentences, from which they would choice the best one.

In Predictions, the student is forced to predict what words they feel would best fit in the sentence, given the context.

They then write the words directly on the screen, and it is stored. This continues for 5 sentences. After that, the student is then shown their prediction for each sentence--one at a time--and THEN they choose from the list provided which words best match up with their predictions! This encourages the student to analyze the sentence before even looking at the given choices, which minimizes their chances of falling for triaps that the SAT lays for the defenseless student. I highly recommend this game for any student who cares about doing well on the SAT, and wants a fun way to stay on top.

Read full review. Skip to main content. FutureU - Nintendo DS 5. About this product. Open box. Make an offer:. Auction: Pre-owned. Stock photo. Brand new: Lowest price The lowest-priced brand-new, unused, unopened, undamaged item in its original packaging where packaging is applicable.

Platform: Nintendo DS. Families looking for extra preparation for this test can turn to several nationally know test prep services, including Kaplan, a company that offers courses taught in a class, by a real-live tutor, or through books. The idea is to play your way to a better score and, hopefully, breeze into college. FutureU features eight types of SAT games and 1, questions to get you with the program. Like the Kaplan concept, the software's focus is upon the understanding of concepts and not rote memorization of questions.

The idea is to become a better problem solver at your own pace. So, with rudimentary yet cute, inoffensive background graphics of the fourth grade variety, you're privy to questions that focus on reading comprehension, math, and writing. Little, lighted gizmos which you click to answer questions are presented throughout for pizazz as is a stick figure avatar which you customize to be your pal through the questioning.

But is the game as good as a human tutor or even that thick SAT prep book? Aspyr has done a bang-up job of presenting questions in a way that eases you into the concepts of fortifying your vocabulary, predicting answers when you don't quite know the solutions, and measuring your own weaknesses and strengths.

Studying for the SAT test, which has been around since the s, can evoke fear and loathing. With soothing music, that friendly, personalized avatar, and pastel backgrounds that calm your brain, the game quietly lures you in to its curriculum. It's easy to like and straightforward to use. During the review of this game, we showed it to an actual Kaplan tutor, who liked it and recognized questions that she herself uses during her one-on-one sessions with students.

One small problem with the software is that it sometimes takes a moment to register your answers when you click. But this isn't "Final Jeopardy" and time isn't an issue in the game. This software problem does come into play, though, when you're answering one of the reading quizzes. A highlight moves quickly over a numbered grid, asking you to pick a question from 1 to 5. Five is the most difficult. We had trouble getting the software to stop on 5 no matter how quickly we clicked.

So we'd end up getting a question that was too easy. It's a small issue, but somewhat annoying nonetheless. Families can talk about whether learning in the framework of a game works. Which parts of the game do you enjoy most, the reading, the writing, or the math portions? Common Sense Media's unbiased ratings are created by expert reviewers and aren't influenced by the product's creators or by any of our funders, affiliates, or partners.

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