学校的马古什

As busy instructors who must simultaneously juggle our own subject curriculum and adequately prepare our students for the ACT, SAT, and college readiness in general, it can be hard to strike a balance. That’s why we’re here to help!

让我们来看看老师们最能支持你们学校高中备考的几种方法。根据你所教的科目和学生的需要，你可以使用以下最适合你的策略的任意组合。

1. Incorporate Mini Lessons Into Class Content

正如所有经验丰富的老师所知道的，学生（和所有人的！）关注跨度并不像全班期间那么长，特别是如果您的学校使用块调度！这意味着学生必须经常更换模态，这可能让您保持在您的脚趾上，并让您与维持时间创造力。好消息是，将高中检测准备“迷你课程”纳入您的通用课程是在几周或几个月内分解课程期并展开测试准备的好方法。那么，纳入“迷你课程”的实际上是什么样的？有几种方法可以解决它。

Try a “question of the day”

如果你的目标是长期的高中备考，并且是一个一贯的敲钟者活动的爱好者，可以考虑用一个与ACT或SAT相关的问题（或提示）来开课一天之中。你可以从实践测试中提取问题（有很多ACT practice tests和SAT实践测试out there). The ACT also provides several免费备考资源on their official ACT website, including study guides and a wealth of “questions of the day.” Likewise, the SAT provides an easily downloadabledaily practice for the SAT app. While these resources are technically meant for students, they’re a great asset to teachers as well.

参加相关课程或演习

在关注ACT或SAT Test Prep的同时改变齿轮的良好方法是指定在您目前正在学习的主题的一块类时间，但以特定测试的解决方式框架。例如，如果您当前在平面几何上教授一个单位，具体就在三角形属性的主题上说，那么您可以在几分钟的时间内工作与三角形相关的样本问题，因为它们出现在测试中。这让学生专注于核心材料，同时在测试中的心态。您可以通过任何规律性做到您的课程中最有意义的情况。每周课程从测试日期内进一步处理，而日常课程可能是有益的测试日期。

添加辅助材料

取决于你所教的科目，你并不总是能够将相关的课程纳入你的课程。在文学或语言艺术课上尤其如此，因为这些课可能不太注重ACT和SAT考试的机械技能。事实上，许多英语教师在第一时间就纠结于如何教授语法和文体，有时甚至避免这样做。但是，在标准化考试中，每周上一些简短的语言习惯课，实际上是一个很好的方法，可以让学生一下子记住大量的语法规则，从而解决机械问题，又不会让学生厌烦至死。举个例子，每天花10到15分钟来表达主谓一致，idiomsanother day, and so on. Both普渡大学在线写作实验室和Readwritethink.org.are excellent resources for short but powerful lessons on an array of subjects that need to be included quickly and efficiently.

如果你想让你的学生熟悉你所学科目中更广泛的考试形式，可以考虑多安排一点上课时间（比如说半节课到一整节课，视课时长短而定）来进行完整或部分的练习测试，并在不同的日子讨论答案。例如，在星期五的下半节课上发一个练习题，然后在星期一的上半节课上复习一些答案。执行这种方法的一个好方法是，在课程单元结束时，在进入新内容之前，或者在假期休息时，发布测试，在假期休息时，你可能会有一些“闲散”的日子。

鼓励团队合作和利用游戏

For a bell-ringer or closing activity, let students work in pairs or small groups for a few minutes to solve practice problems or answer practice questions. You can even frame these activities as “group quizzes” which raise the stakes for students while still encouraging collaboration. Or, to up the stakes even more, you can have students compete as small teams against each other in order to see who can solve a problem or answer a question first--with or without prizes issued.

You can also let students quiz each other on test prep content using奎兹莱特(on which there is a wealth of searchable ACT and SAT related content), and you can even designate regular chunks of class time to letting students create their own quizlet quizzes and quiz each other. This is a fun and interactive way to break up class time while giving students authority over the subject matter.

2.领导课后或Saturday Sessions

并非所有学校都将有资源支持课外或周六高中检测准备会议。但如果你的学校所做的，或者如果你愿意志愿者你的时间，那就为你的学生身体！

领导校外会议的关键是尽可能提高效率。这是因为学生们很可能会很累，而且要为他们的实际课程做大量的家庭作业，所以你需要节约他们的时间和精力（以及你自己的时间和精力！）。因此，在领导补充高中备考小组时，请记住以下几点。

The earlier you start your supplemental high school test prep sessions, the better. Consider teaming up with a teacher from each subject area and then using a long-term plan, such as thissix month ACT study guide(which also includes links to three and one month study guides if you’re on a tighter schedule). Again, while these guides are geared toward students, you can share and lead these lessons in a group setting.

根据你学习的频率和时间长短，你需要经常改变节奏，以保持学生的注意力和精力。假设你在周六教一个3小时的关于某个特定主题的学习课程。你可以按以下方式分配你的时间：

• 30分钟：讲授或解释特定概念
• 30 minutes: Give students a practice test
• 30 minutes: Allow students to discuss results of practice test amongst each other
• 30 minutes: Go over answers as a group and field questions on most commonly missed questions
• 30分钟：让学生有时间根据遗漏的问题类型做自己的小测验
• 30 minutes: Allow students time to quiz each other or to ask you any questions they may have

You may also want to break up longer sessions into chunks focusing on different subjects, but keep in mind that this will provide less in-depth exploration of the content. If you meet more than once a week, don’t issue a full practice test each session, as it is easy for students to get burnt out this way.

During at least some sessions, try not to include any正式的测试准备材料，因为它可以开始对学生单调感到单调。相反，尝试使用更有机的方式在标准化测试所需的一些技能方案中工作。例如，而不是通过样本关闭阅读通道和练习问题，考虑阅读一个有趣的短篇小说或散文，拆除段落，随便和有机地练习密切阅读技巧。You can choose an engaging story that may be more accessible or palatable than some of the passages that tend to appear on standardized tests, but still drive home the same skills needed on the tests (e.g. identifying main and supporting ideas, defining words in context, etc.).

3. Help Identify Students Who Need Extra Support

The fact is that some students are simply strong test-takers and will need less help than others, in or outside of class. But for those who may struggle with academics and test-taking, it’s particularly important that you as their teacher act as a first line of support in getting them the help they need--especially if class time is limited for test prep. Doing so hinges on identifying students who need additional support, and then pointing them in the direction of appropriate test prep materials or tutors.

Signs a student needs additional support:

• 成绩和平均绩点

A student’s grades and GPA don’t always portend their level of success on standardized tests, but often they do. Any student struggling academically in the subject you teach (below a C or struggling to maintain a C) is a good candidate for additional high school test prep outside of school.

• 实践测试的性能

实践测试是衡量学生熟练程度和对某一学科的掌握程度的一种优秀方法，即使上课时间有限，也可以进行。根据你考试的时间长短，你的所有学生在实际考试中的表现都可能比他们低，但是错过大约一半问题的学生应该转向补充备考。

• 实际测试的性能

如果一个学生参加了ACT或SAT考试，成绩低到不太可能被大学录取，那么这个学生应该得到额外的支持。

• 测试焦虑

有很多方法可以帮助你降低学生标准化考试焦虑, but familiarity and practice are major factors in stress reduction. So any students suffering from test anxiety will benefit from additional support.

Types of support:

• 测试准备资源

Consider pointing your students in the direction of表演准备或SAT准备计划，其中大部分包括一些免费资源以及更详细和互动的功能和应用程序购买。

• 导师

正确的备考材料通常足以帮助学生提高，

尤其是如果他们也在学校接受备考。但在某些情况下，导师可以帮助学生提高并达到他们想要的结果。你可以给学生提供一些帮助找到合适的备考导师的建议，或帮助他们与他们注册的测试准备计划所采用的辅导员联系到。

4. Offer Extra Credit for Test Prep Work

最后，如果在学校课堂上和外部的高中测试准备的时间有限，请考虑通过为完成测试准备材料提供额外的学分来激励学生的研究经验。这可以包括完成实践测试，实践散文，原始Quizlet测验，测试更正与答案的解释，测试主题的简短研究项目等。

Extra credit for test prep work can motivate students to do well in class and on the test, which is doubly beneficial for them.

Happy Prepping!

无论您使用的方法如何帮助您的学生在高中测试准备过程中，请记得尽量保持乐趣，并尽可能多种多样。如你所知，你的学生在他们的盘子上有很多，测试准备可能会压倒，所以这是为了使测试准备尽可能有趣和有效！