WHAT WE TEACH

The Ramana Coaching Center offers distinctive SAT/ACT prep courses, which are available both online and in person. The center is managed by a team of seasoned professionals and staffed by expert instructors who possess comprehensive knowledge of the subject matter.

Our SAT preparation program focuses on mastering the key concepts of Math, Critical Reading, and Writing that students may have already encountered in school. Our approach involves a thorough understanding of each concept and the development of the skills necessary to tackle the SAT exam with confidence.

Algebra includes the following types of questions:

  • Linear equations in 1 variable
  • Linear equations in 2 variables
  • Linear functions
  • Systems of 2 linear equations in 2 variables
  • Linear inequalities in 1 or 2 variables

Advanced Math includes the following types of questions:

  • Equivalent expressions
  • Nonlinear equations in 1 variable
  • Systems of equations in 2 variables
  • Nonlinear functions

Problem-Solving and Data Analysis includes the following skills and knowledge testing points:

  • Ratios, rates, proportional relationships, and units
  • Percentages
  • One-variable data: distributions and measures of center and spread
  • Two-variable data: models and scatterplots
  • Probability and conditional probability
  • Inference from sample statistics and margin of error
  • Evaluating statistical claims: observational studies and experiments

Geometry and Trigonometry measure the ability to solve problems that focus on the following:

  • Area and volume formulas
  • Lines, angles, and triangles
  • Right triangles and trigonometry
  • Circles

The questions on the Reading and Writing section fall into four content domains:

1. Information and Ideas

Measures comprehension, analysis, and reasoning skills and knowledge and the ability to locate, interpret, evaluate, and integrate information and ideas from texts and informational graphics (tables, bar graphs, and line graphs).

2. Craft and Structure

Measures the comprehension, vocabulary, analysis, synthesis, and reasoning skills and knowledge needed to understand and use high-utility words and phrases in context, evaluate texts rhetorically, and make connections between topically related texts.

3. Expression of Ideas

Measures the ability to revise texts to improve the effectiveness of written expression and to meet specific rhetorical goals.

4. Standard English Conventions

Measures the ability to edit text to conform to core conventions of Standard English sentence structure, usage, and punctuation.

Multiple-choice writing questions

The multiple-choice questions assess students' ability to:

  • Communicate ideas clearly and effectively.
  • Improve writing through revision and editing.
  • Recognize and identify sentence-level errors.
  • Understand grammatical elements and structures and how they relate to each other in a sentence.
  • Demonstrate the ability to effectively convey ideas by combining sentences and utilizing transitional words and phrases.

Multiple-choice writing questions are used in three areas:

Improving sentences

This type of question presents a sentence in which part or all of it is underlined, followed by five phrasing choices to replace the underlined section.

Assessment

This type of question presents a sentence with four portions underlined. The student is asked to select which of the underlined portions represents a grammatical or usage error, or, if no errors are present, to select the choice "E - No error." The questions measure the ability to:

  • recognize and correct faults in grammar and sentence structure.
  • recognize effective sentences that follow the conventions of Standard Written English and identify sentence errors.
  • recognize faults in grammar and usage.
  • recognize effective sentences that follow the conventions of Standard Written English.

Improving paragraphs

This type of SAT question presents a passage and requires students to answer questions based on it. Some questions refer to specific sentences or parts of sentences, asking students to improve their structure or word choice. Other questions focus on the organization and development of ideas presented in the passage.

This type of question measures students' ability to:

  • edit and revise sentences in the context of a paragraph.
  • organize and develop paragraphs in a coherent and logical manner.
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