Gruber's Complete PSAT/NMSQT Guide 2011 - Softcover

Gruber, Gary

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1402238592 ISBN 13: 9781402238598

Publisher: Sourcebooks, 2010

Synopsis

THE MOST TRUSTED AND EFFECTIVE ADVICE IN TEST PREP
"Dr. Gary Gruber has developed a method that will raise students' test scores by sharpening their thinking skills."-Boston Globe

"By learning Dr. Gruber's strategies, a student can increase his or her IQ to do well on any exam."-Teen Magazine

"His methods make the questions seem amazingly simple to solve."-Library Journal

"With the aid of your books, my scores improved so dramatically that I am now anticipating acceptance into schools that I was reluctant to even apply to."-Lauren F., New Jersey

NO GIMMICKS, NO TRICKS, JUST EASY STRATEGIES THAT WILL ACTUALLY RAISE YOUR SCORE.
-Includes 3 full-length practice tests
-Inside info on how PSAT questions are created
-Strategies that will save you study time by pointing you directly to the answer

GET THE SKILLS THAT UNLOCK THE ANSWERS
With the explanation to a question, you can answer that one question. With the Gruber strategies, you can answer thousands of questions! These strategies show you how to think about problems instead of trying to solve each one individually.

USE THE MOST TRUSTED METHODS
· More schools use Dr. Gruber's books for test-prep courses than any other test prep books.
· PBS chose Dr. Gruber to train teachers nationally to improve the nation's test scores.
· National learning centers, state agencies, and state education departments have contracted with Dr. Gruber to improve test scores and critical-thinking ability.

EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO STUDY TO GET THE TOP SCORE

· Exclusive 4-Hour Cram Session
· PSAT-Specific Math and Grammar Review
· Guide to the Most Frequently Used PSAT Vocabulary
· Essential Strategies for Math, Critical Reading, and Writing Skills
· And Everything Else You Need

"GRUBER CAN RING THE BELL ON ANY NUMBER OF STANDARDIZED EXAMS."
-Eric Zorn, Chicago Tribune

About this title

About the Author:

Gary R. Gruber, PhD, is recognized nationally as the leading expert on the SAT, test-taking methods and critical thinking skills. His books on test taking and critical thinking skills have sold more than seven million copies.

Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.:

This book is the most up-to-date and complete book on the current PSAT. EVERY EXAM is patterned after the PSAT, and all the strategies and techniques deal with the PSAT. The PSAT incorporates all the Gruber Critical-Thinking Strategies.

This book was written by Dr. Gary Gruber, the leading authority on standard tests such as the SAT, PSAT, and ACT, who knows more than anyone else in the test-prep market exactly what is being tested for in the PSAT. In fact, the procedures to answer the PSAT questions rely more heavily on the Gruber Critical-Thinking Strategies than ever before, and this is the only book that has the exact thinking strategies you need to use to maximize your PSAT score. Gruber's SAT books are used more than any other books by the nation's school districts and are proven to get the highest documented school district SAT scores.

Dr. Gruber has published more than 35 books with major publishers on test-taking and critical-thinking methods, with over 7 million copies sold. He has also authored over 1,000 articles on his work in scholarly journals and nationally syndicated newspapers, has appeared on numerous television and radio shows, and has been interviewed in hundreds of magazines and newspapers. He has developed major programs for school districts and for city and state educational agencies for improving and restructuring curriculum, increasing learning ability and test scores, increasing motivation and developing a "passion" for learning and problem solving, and decreasing the student dropout rate. For example, PBS (Public Broadcasting System) chose Dr. Gruber to train the nation's teachers on how to prepare students for the PSAT and SAT through a national satellite teleconference and videotape. His results have been lauded by people throughout the country from all walks of life.

Dr. Gruber is recognized nationally as the leading expert on standardized tests. It is said that no one in the nation is better at assessing the thinking patterns of how a person answers questions and providing the mechanism to improve the faulty thinking approaches. SAT score improvements by students using Dr. Gruber's techniques have been the highest in the nation. Gruber's unique methods have been and are being used by the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), by the nation's learning centers, by international encyclopedias, by school districts throughout the country, in homes and workplaces across the nation, and by a host of other entities.

His goal and mission is to get people's potential realized and the nation impassioned with learning and problem solving so that they don't merely try to get a "fast" uncritical answer, but actually enjoy and look forward to solving the problem and learning.
For more information on Gruber courses and additional Gruber products, visit: www.drgarygruber.com.

About this edition

• Publisher: Sourcebooks
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1402238592
• ISBN 13: 9781402238598
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 560