0815 - ACT Summer Institute
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The ACT Summer Institute offers comprehensive preparation for the ACT. Our Live-Online Summer Institutes are intensive test-preparation programs that provide the tools you need to prepare for and succeed on the ACT. Each course includes 16 hours of online instruction.
develop essential test-taking tools during the summer, when many students have more time available for practice. Courses include in-depth review of the test content, strategies for improving their scores, and a comprehensive study plan. You will receive the official preparation guide including practice tests from ACT, a course workbook, and access to our online resources—class recordings, pre- recorded class modules, an instructor-monitored question forum, and online office hours. In addition, four one-hour online review sessions are scheduled in the weeks leading up to the most popular fall test date.
Course Outline
The Live-Online ACT Summer Institute Covers:
Math Topics
- Practice solution techniques for problems containing variables.
- Learn efficient approaches to complicated multi-step problems.
- Discover tactics for translating difficult word problems into equations.
English Topics
- Identify correct idiomatic speech in sentence correction problems.
- Understand the basic concepts of rhetorical construction.
- Learn which grammar errors are most frequently tested.
Reading Topics
- Understand which part of the passage to read for reading comprehension questions.
- Recognize the difference between global and local test items.
- Identify passages written from the journalistic and engaged perspectives.
Science Reasoning Topics
- Identify parameters for test items involving graphs and charts.
- Interpolate or extrapolate answers from data given in tables.
- Recognize the point of an experiment in research summary items.
General Test Taking Topics
- Use the process of elimination.
- Master time management skills.
- Minimize test anxiety.
- Identify common distractors.