Sat Test

In my last blog I talked about the ‘Mozart Effect’, which is supposed to help you learn better, quicker and faster when you use music as you study. It’s supposed to help you get better test scores as well.

In your quest for a higher score on your SAT, you might want to give Mozart a try.

In 1996 the College Entrance Exam Board Service did a study on students that had taken their SAT exam. They discovered that students who played a musical instrument or sang scored 51 points higher on the verbal portion of the exam and 39 points higher on the math portion than those students who did not.

Music appears to make a huge impact on a student’s test scores as well as their creativity.

Hopefully you’ve already been playing an instrument in school, or are in the high school choir. If not, then perhaps you might want to think about taking up an instrument or even joining the choir. Music seems to make a difference.

It’s been found that students do better when they have incorporated music in one way or another into their lives. Most times it begins in elementary school in fourth grade, but other times private piano lessons are given to students. No matter how you do it, do it. It will help you focus better, facilitate memorization and calm your nerves.

Before you begin a study session or your SAT vocabulary, listen to some Mozart. Listen to some classical music. Then study for all you’re worth.

If you don’t play a musical instrument or sing in a choir, then sing in the shower. Perhaps your church has a choir that you could join, or you could sign up for your school choir the next time you sign up for classes.

If you don’t have an classical music on cd’s, then go visit your library. Your public library has music cds that you can check out and return later. If you have an ipod, you can download some Mozart and listen to that as a change of pace from John Maher or Bon Jovi. Try any way that you can to incorporate music into your life and you won’t be disappointed.

Another study tip that has helped students in the past, is to study right before you go to bed at night. For some reason, if you spend some time studying and memorizing before bedtime your ability to retain what you’ve studied is improved.

Flip through your SAT vocabulary words before you go to sleep at night. Set your vocabulary flash cards on your bedside table so you see them before you fall into bed in the evening, that way you won’t forget. Everyone learns differently, but if you find what works for you and put it to use you should be able to remember what you studied for the big test. Remember, study, study and then study some more. Good luck!

Studying for your SAT is fun, isn’t it? It’s not? It can be! The SAT exam is a serious test and should be taken as such, but you can make your studying fun if you really try.

It’s well known that music helps us remember things. Lyrics to songs are easily memorized with the beat of the music behind it. Remember learning the alphabet when you were a child? Ok, you might not recall learning the alphabet but I’m sure you know the alphabet song and can sing it right now if I asked you to do so.

The tune sticks in your head and you know where the L-M-N-O-P comes. It’s the part where the letters sort of run together and don’t really sound like the letters themselves, but rather sound like Elemenoohpeeeeee all run together. Every child in the U.S. can probably sing that song and a great many adults could as well. Once you’ve learned the alphabet with that song, it will always come back to you. I’m not ashamed to say that occasionally I still have to sing that little ditty under my breath when I’m trying to remember which letter comes after another. Yeah, I know. I’m a little odd that way.

I’m quite sure that learning math by matching equations to music wouldn’t really work. If you find that it does, please let me know. I’d love to meet you. However, learning vocabulary can be adapted to music and thereby help the more difficult words stick in your memory.

What you might want to do is create a little ditty of your own. SAT vocabulary is sometimes difficult to learn and if you can memorize the lyrics to one of those rap songs, then learning SAT vocabulary words might just be a snap for you. Give it a try!

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SAT vocabulary can be difficult and, dare I say it? Boring to learn. However, you can change that if you really try.

Did you know that music can make you smarter? According to the website at http://www.howtolearn.com/Mozart.html Apparently not just any music though. Sorry, Eminem, Elvis or the Electric Light Orchestra won’t increase your I.Q. The only music that helps your gray matter is Mozart.

It’s called ‘The Mozart Effect’ and it has been documented that rats and humans perform better on learning and memory tests after listening to a certain Mozart Sonata.

Scientists have also discovered the following benefits to listening to music;

*Improves Test Scores

*Cuts Learning Time in Half

*Calms Hyperactive Children and Adults

*Reduces Errors

*Increases Creativity and Clarity

*Heals the Body Faster

*Integrates Both Sides of the Brain for More Efficient Learning

*Raises I.Q. Scores 9 Points (according to research done at University of California at Irvine)

I suppose what matters the most in this research is that listening to music can help you learn faster and then get a better result on your test. So if you want to get a higher score on your SAT test, be sure to use music as you study. It couldn’t hurt.