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SAT® Test Prep Using TI-Nspire™ CX Technology

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This camp is offered to assist students in preparing for their upcoming SAT® math test. The camp is offered in two options: A six-hour camp for up to 25 students or two three-hour camps for up to 50 students (25 students each). The breakdown of hours can be customized as needed.

Students will explore main topics of the SAT® math test, and learn strategies to better prepare for the test. By the end of the camp, students should feel comfortable with:

  • Leveraging the TI-Nspire™ CX II graphing calculator for exam questions in key categories, such as algebra, functions, problem-solving, and data and statistics.
  • Implementing test preparation strategies, and using premade activities that reinforce technology skills and deepen understanding of key SAT® topics.

Six-hour camp areas of focus

The six-hour camp covers the following Texas Instruments (TI) technology skills, exam strategies and activities:

TI-Nspire™ CX technology skills

Graphing equations, solving systems graphically and algebraically, substituting values, determining zeros, using the trace feature, solving equations numerically and graphically, using a table, graphing inequalities, graphing circles, using one-variable statistics, modeling line of best fit, regression, truth statements

SAT® strategies

Thinking graphically, eliminating incorrect answers, solving problems by working backward, substitution, using structure, avoiding distractors

Activities to deepen understanding

Rate of Change, Mean and Standard Deviation, Percent, Quadratic Functions, Unit Conversion, Angles and Parallel Lines, Systems of Equations, Inequalities, Interpreting Graphs, Function Notation

Three-hour camp areas of focus

The three-hour camp covers the following TI technology skills, exam strategies and activities:

TI-Nspire™ CX technology skills

Graphing equations, solving systems graphically, determining zeros, using the trace feature, solving equations numerically and graphically

SAT® strategies

Thinking graphically, eliminating incorrect answers, solving problems by working backward, substitution, using structure

Activities to deepen understanding

Rate of Change, Mean and Standard Deviation, Percent, Quadratic Functions, Unit Conversion

Details

  • TI will provide an instructor who will lead the camp in person or online.
  • The district is required to ensure a certified educator is present throughout the camp.
  • If needed, TI technology may be borrowed; it will be shipped to a central location for the use of the students during the camp.
  • Print materials needed for the camp will be shipped to a central location and distributed by the district to the participating students.

Recommended configurations for the six-hour camp include:

  • Three 2-hour blocks
  • Four 1.5-hour blocks
  • Six 1-hour blocks

Recommended configurations for the three-hour camp include:

  • Two 1.5-hour blocks
  • Three 1-hour blocks

Pricing

  • $2,000/half day
  • $3,200/full day

Request information

Get started by contacting a TI Educational Technology Consultant.

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