Heal Math Wounds (Part 1)

Heal Math Wounds on the SAT or ACT (Part 1)

Is your teenager having a hard time on tests like the SAT or ACT because of weakness in math?

Have they struggled with math for years now?

Do they continue to struggle even though they've been tutored in math?

Your teenager can turn this challenge into an opportunity for success – not just on the SAT, but for life!

I call this the bigger opportunity in SAT / ACT training.

Let's start by sharing the bigger picture on teenagers' difficulties with SAT or ACT Math.‍

The situation is way more common than you'd think

Over half of SAT and ACT test takers show weaknesses in math.

Less than 50% of students achieve math scores that show them to be college ready according to the SAT or ACT.

Large numbers of students have a longtime poor relationship with math.

It's as if they have "math wounds" that have not healed.‍

How students get "math wounds"

What often happens is that, at some point in elementary or middle school, the student has a class that turns them off to math.

Their math tests are sent home with red marks all over them.

There are anxious parent/ teacher conferences.

The student begins to build a negative association around their whole experience with math.

And each year, the math wound gets worse, as the student gets further turned off,  the material gets more complex, and the student falls further and further behind.  

So the young person forms the conclusion that they are simply "no good in math."‍

Does this situation feel at all familiar to you?

If so, you may be feeling some of the same frustration that many parents of teenagers feel.

You may find it particularly frustrating that one area on a test can get in the way of your teenagers' college dreams.

And still more frustrating if your teenager has been tutored in math, possibly for years, and the difficulty persists.

And once you have that understanding in place, you are just one short step ‍

You don't have to accept the mismatch!

But -- more important -- what do you do about it?

You are successful and a problem solver.  

And it does not sit right with you that your teen simply has to settle for a situation that is such a mismatch with what you know to be their true capability!

Well, you don't have to accept the mismatch!

In the next (2nd) part of this 5-part article, we'll take a closer look at the problem that teenagers have with SAT and ACT Math and that will point you toward the solution.  

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