近期,SAT官方放出了2016年考试改革的样题,新东方上海学校VIP学习中心迅速集结了研发中心的老师们,第一时间为考生带来新SAT数学的分析和解读。新东方VIP老师表示,SAT考试的重点是考核学生能不能尽快的适应大学学术生活和职业发展,把SAT分数和高中的GPA结合起来同时评判学生是不是准备好大学生活,同时可以预期学员的大学成功度。每年有超过160万的学生考SAT,同时SAT也被数以万计的高中教育所关注。
对于SAT改革的具体内容,许多考生和家长都有些摸不着头脑,新东方VIP学习中心的老师们对比了新老SAT的区别,为广大考生答疑。
首先,新SAT essay与老版以及具有同样功能的ACT考试部分的essay相比,可以说, 毫无相似性,而与AP的English language and composition更像。
我们先简单综述下其他三类考试。
老版SAT essay: 纸考。必考。考试时,在第一个部分考察。题目包含assignment(任务)和excerpt(摘要),需要考生在25分钟时间写一篇能够回答任务的大概400字的文章。题目多是比较社会化的问题。比如:
Think carefully about the issue presented in the following excerpt and assignment below:
Assignment: Do changes that make our lives easier not necessarily make them better? Plan and write an essay in which you develop your point of view on this issue. Support your position with reasoning and examples taken from your reading, studies, experience, or observation.
Think carefully about the issue presented in the following excerpt and assignment below:
Assignment: Is conscience a more powerful motivator than money, fame, or power? Plan and write an essay in which you develop your point of view on this issue. Support your position with reasoning and examples taken from your reading, studies, experience, or observation.
Think carefully about the issue presented in the following excerpt and assignment below:
Assignment: Can success be disastrous? Plan and write an essay in which you develop your point of view on this issue. Support your position with reasoning and examples taken from your reading, studies, experience, or observation.