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Founder of Educati By Warren Bolton If there is anything that you ever wanted to know abou tests, Stanley Kaplan is the man to ask. Kaplan, founder of the Stanley H. Kaplan Education* Center, a coaching school for educational testing, was in Col umbia Wednesday and left some helpful hints for youn students beginning college and for those starting graduat studies. Kaplan urges undergraduates just starting out, but hav aspirations of one day taking some type of graduate school e> animation, to be good students, to give themselves a lot c reading and to take good notes. EVERY TEST includes reading, and a test-taker must b able to read with an understanding of the material. Goo notes will ensure the student will have something to go by t review, Kaplan said. "It's a matter of trying to do your best. Don't goof o when you're in college because most of the material is base on what you've learned in college." Kaplan said it is important for students about to begi preparation for an examination to have a sample test. Evei test-maker puts out a sample test. Kaplan recommenc meninri7ine and iindersfandinp direrfions to avoir! wastir time on "the real thing." The questions on the tests are challenging, but being famik with them can build confidence. Review books can also be ol tained to aid in preparation. ALSO, KAPLAN suggests reviewing textbooks, especial! Focus On / America sj( Future ^ Help Prevent Birth Support the uT) March of Dir MBIR1H DEFEC1S fOUNDAUO JIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIM | The Visual Arts Cc H presents 1 THE FIRST AN! (Student Photograp H Cash prizes in each divis opportunity for campusto be featured on the 8 H directory! riLft up iniormauon & reg jj at CPU office 2nd Floor RH %li;illll!ll!lllllllllllllllllill!lillllliy Deadline for entries fv ional Center offers li because most of the ce material is based on E- ; If what you've learned in rr _ d tor the Medical college Aptitude i est (M^a i ). i nose taKing the Law School Aptitude Test (LSAT) should do a lot of in reading and take an expository writing course to help with the y sample writing portion. A course in logical reasoning or is philosophy would be a help for any student, he said, ig If students really "bone-up" on their knowledge and testtaking skills they will do well, Kaplan said. ir "Unfortunately, most people, unless they are really very, j- very motivated, don't give it the kind of attention they should. "If the\ did, why should students go to class at all? Why not just use the textbooks and come at the end of the year and take y the final exan ?" Kaplan said. n? M Defects lBKS|nnMH nes ==L IIIIIIIIIIIINUIlNllllllllillllllllUIIIIIIII! SIUAL hv Contest I iion and an related photos 4/85 telephone ^<0 ^ ^ -v? *vV 7 ^ ///^ in RH Lobby!! larch 7th! | I , . , and remember you ( lints for students KAPLAN USED this point to stress the importance of teachers. "1 don't look forward to the day when teachers don't mean anything," he said. Teachers give a chance tor discussion, reasoning, explanations and for asking questions, Kaplan said. Review books have light explanations, but do not go deeply into a subject, and can't answer many questions. "In a classroom setting, we can reinforce and improve your understanding of the material," he said. Kaplan's centers offer a three-pronged approach: live class sessions, audio-tape reinforcement and home study materials. CLASS SESSIONS usually begin eight to 10 weeks before the scheduled exam, but the classes haven no lectures. Instead, practice tests are given in class and discussed. Students take the tests and learn timing, test-taking strategies and getting comfortable with testing. Then, the instructor, either on a tape or in class, reviews the knowledge needed and the reasoning by which the student should have arrived at the answers. "Memorization is not enough," Kaplan said. "Memorizers fall by the wayside. You have to learn to think and problem solve. I think that's one of the biggest problems in education today. That's one of the biggest problems all over the nation. " Teachers do it the easy way: give tests on what you have memorized. If you make up tests that are just based on memorization, then you are doing students a great disservice as far as education is concerned." See "Kaplan," page 5 gs%r *cWw Ik ./" 0 fon't have to get a late pizza to get a discount!