Author Description

Cognitive skills are the driving force behind school achievement, annual standardized tests, and gifted and talented tests. School does not teach cognitive skills at a reasonable level, if at all, and math curriculum before 5th grade is mainly calculation and very little thinking. Working memory and reasoning skills suffer during this time from the one-step nature of standard math curriculum. Test Prep Math focuses on the foundational cognitive skills underlying math success with 100 word problems that target reasoning and critical thinking, and 120 calculation problems that give working memory a work out. These problems are designed to break bad habits and set the stage for future success in school and on tests. Test prep math arms the parent in the fight against 'Teach to the Test' and is the antidote to the 4th grade trainwreck. Test Prep Math Level 3 is as not recommended for 2nd grade students. The quantitative section of 120 problems sets the stage for logic and abstract thinking in preparation for the next level of skills that begin in 5th grade. Rated "SH" for super hard.