Rock the S.A.T. vocabulary songs

Subject: RE: Rock the S.A.T. vocabulary songs
From: GUEST,leeneia
Date: 06 Jan 07 - 05:24 PM

If the people who write the SAT want to keep the test fair, they will order the CD and then remove all the words mentioned from the test. It's supposed to be a test of how well-read one is, not how well-crammed.

When I took my college entrance tests, there was one question that required recognizing circular thinking. None of the choices mentioned circular thinking, but one did offer "seems somewhat tautological." I didn't know what tautological meant, but I chose it. When I looked it up, I found that that was the right answer. The phrase "somewhat tautological" has been part of my lexicon ever since.

Subject: RE: Rock the S.A.T. vocabulary songs
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 06 Jan 07 - 10:50 AM

I heard that story, and they are onto something, but they didn't actually explain it. Words learned in a song actually go to a different part of the brain, I think--the recall mechanism is not the same as if you encounter it when you're quietly reading.

SRS

Subject: Rock the S.A.T. vocabulary songs
From: Alice
Date: 06 Jan 07 - 10:02 AM

Not folk, but it is Music!
NPR on weekend edition news this morning did a piece on new songs written to teach vocabulary words the high school kids preparing for the college entrance SAT exams.

Link to hear it Click here, NPR

Alice