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Lum, Lydia – Black Issues in Higher Education, 2005
Carl Washburn wondered how to push his teen-age son into studying for the SAT. After all, it's well-known that prepared students tend to score higher than those who aren't. Then Washburn realized his son's cell phone could prove a compatible study buddy. So he and others at his company developed a cell phone application that offers sample SAT…
Descriptors: Drills (Practice), Educational Technology, Computer Software, Telecommunications
Jackson, Rex – 1976
A sharp decline in the number of Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) candidates scoring over 600 (on a scale of 200-800), has been observed from 1969-70 through 1974-75. Several suggested explanations of this phenomenon relating to test-taking patterns are discussed. Specifically examined are the possibilities that fewer students take the SAT more than…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, College Bound Students, College Entrance Examinations, Drills (Practice)
