Stephanie Zinn - McGraw-Hill Education SAT Subject Test Biology E/M 4th Ed.

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Biology E/M

How to Use This Book

STUDYING SMART FOR THE SAT SUBJECT TESTS

S tudying hard is an important part of doing well in high school and beyond, and this book provides a comprehensive review of everything you need to know for the SAT Biology-E and Biology-M exams. But with a test that covers a large amount of material, as the Biology E/M test does, its important to use your studying time wiselya process we call studying smart.

Although ideally you would be able to study in depth all of the material presented in this book, we have designed this book with the understanding that you may not have enough time to review all of the material before your test date, and that you may need to spend more time reviewing certain areas of biology than others. This book is organized to allow you to study smart. It helps you:

Identify the subject matter that needs more work

Strengthen your ability to answer the types of questions that appear on the test

Focus your studying on the material thats most important for you

Check your progress with questions at the end of each lesson

Practice your test-taking skills using sample tests

The following section explains how to use the features of this book to help you study smart and make the most of your preparation for the SAT Biology E/M test.

Step One: Identify Your Weaknesses

A crucial part of studying smart is knowing how much you need to study and knowing exactly what you need to study. The diagnostic test in should be your first step in identifying the areas that are most important for you to review before the SAT Biology test. You should take the diagnostic test and score it yourself. Be honestif you got a question right with a chance guess, then you can mark it right, but you may wish to circle it to indicate that you still might benefit from a review of the material covered in that question.

A detailed explanation of the answer to each question can be found at the end of the diagnostic test. Look for patterns in the question that youre getting wrong or that you had to guess. Are they all in one subject area, such as genetics? Is there one part of ecology that needs a brush up? The diagnostic test should tell you which sections of the book are most important for you to read before the test.

This book also contains, at the beginning of each section, a list of important vocabulary for that section. This vocabulary list provides an important way for you to gauge your ability; you should take some time to consider the words in each list, and ask yourself if you really know the definition and significance of each term. Make a list of sections that include terms with which you are unfamiliar or whose definition you struggle to remember. These sections should be on your list of sections to review before your test day.

Step Two: Strengthen Your Test-Taking Skills

One of the best ways to improve your performance on the SAT Biology test is to familiarize yourself with the most common types of questions asked on the test. The designers of the SAT Biology test dont design the exam randomly. In addition to asking questions that test your knowledge of biology, they specifically emphasize certain skills such as the ability to use collected data to form a conclusion (as one would in a biology lab), solve word problems, or use mathematical approximations such as Punnett squares or the HardyWeinberg equation (see ) to answer questions.

of this book teaches you how to answer types of questions that are specific to the SAT Biology exam. It will give you important tips on how to strengthen your test-taking skills before the test.

Step Three: Review the Material

This book provides a comprehensive review of all of the material in the five areas of biology covered on the Biology-E and Biology-M tests. Once you have identified the areas that you most need to focus on, you should review the relevant chapters or lessons.