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Winning Focus

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Test taking is a competitive activity.  As is athletics or the performing arts, outstanding achievement on the SAT/ACT depends on maintenance of powerfully sharp, energetic, mindful concentration and “winning focus.”  In sports, the challenge is the opposing team. In the performing arts, it’s stage fright. In test taking, your adversaries are the test questions.  Test takers, like athletes and stage performers, need to confront and conquer pressure, stress, fatigue, distractions, and other difficulties with sustained enthusiasm, relentless drive, and total commitment to success. If victory is the object, nothing less will do. An intense, aggressive, yet controlled state of concentration is critical to performing at one’s best in any competitive activity. “Winning Focus” is so important, in fact, that without it, almost nothing else matters. By definition, intensity always involves some amount of tension. Undisciplined, raw intensity can lead to varying degrees of frustrat...

Winning Focus

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Test taking is a competitive activity.  As is athletics or the performing arts, outstanding achievement on the SAT/ACT depends on maintenance of powerfully sharp, energetic, mindful concentration and “winning focus.”  In sports, the challenge is the opposing team. In the performing arts, it’s stage fright. In test taking, your adversaries are the test questions.  Test takers, like athletes and stage performers, need to confront and conquer pressure, stress, fatigue, distractions, and other difficulties with sustained enthusiasm, relentless drive, and total commitment to success. If victory is the object, nothing less will do. An intense, aggressive, yet controlled state of concentration is critical to performing at one’s best in any competitive activity. “Winning Focus” is so important, in fact, that without it, almost nothing else matters. By definition, intensity always involves some amount of tension. Undisciplined, raw intensity can lead to varying degrees of frustrat...

Winning Focus

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Test taking is a competitive activity.  As is athletics or the performing arts, outstanding achievement on the SAT/ACT depends on maintenance of powerfully sharp, energetic, mindful concentration and “winning focus.”  In sports, the challenge is the opposing team. In the performing arts, it’s stage fright. In test taking, your adversaries are the test questions.  Test takers, like athletes and stage performers, need to confront and conquer pressure, stress, fatigue, distractions, and other difficulties with sustained enthusiasm, relentless drive, and total commitment to success. If victory is the object, nothing less will do. An intense, aggressive, yet controlled state of concentration is critical to performing at one’s best in any competitive activity. “Winning Focus” is so important, in fact, that without it, almost nothing else matters. By definition, intensity always involves some amount of tension. Undisciplined, raw intensity can lead to varying degrees of frustrat...

lizardpoint

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Lizardpoint is a wonderful all-around early learning site for people of all ages. Students can use lizardpoint to learn geography, flags, world leaders (current and past), art, and math. The site is great for adults as well as for children. Sections on geography help students master finding countries and provinces, naming their capitals, topographical features, airport codes, and more. The section on art features quizzes on major western artists and their most well-known works, fine art terminology, and important movements. Math offerings include on-screen and downloadable/printable worksheets (with answer sheets) for arithmetic operations, decimals, percents, and fractions. Quizzes on trivia, important definitions, and more round out learning activities presented. New stuff is added regularly, collected in  What's New . Like Freerice.com , lizardpoint can be addicting, but in a good way. These two educational sites keep interested students learning and growing while having fun. -...

lizardpoint

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Lizardpoint is a wonderful all-around early learning site for people of all ages. Students can use lizardpoint to learn geography, flags, world leaders (current and past), art, and math. The site is great for adults as well as for children. Sections on geography help students master finding countries and provinces, naming their capitals, topographical features, airport codes, and more. The section on art features quizzes on major western artists and their most well-known works, fine art terminology, and important movements. Math offerings include on-screen and downloadable/printable worksheets (with answer sheets) for arithmetic operations, decimals, percents, and fractions. Quizzes on trivia, important definitions, and more round out learning activities presented. New stuff is added regularly, collected in  What's New . Like Freerice.com , lizardpoint can be addicting, but in a good way. These two educational sites keep interested students learning and growing while having fun. -...

lizardpoint

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Lizardpoint is a wonderful all-around early learning site for people of all ages. Students can use lizardpoint to learn geography, flags, world leaders (current and past), art, and math. The site is great for adults as well as for children. Sections on geography help students master finding countries and provinces, naming their capitals, topographical features, airport codes, and more. The section on art features quizzes on major western artists and their most well-known works, fine art terminology, and important movements. Math offerings include on-screen and downloadable/printable worksheets (with answer sheets) for arithmetic operations, decimals, percents, and fractions. Quizzes on trivia, important definitions, and more round out learning activities presented. New stuff is added regularly, collected in  What's New . Like Freerice.com , lizardpoint can be addicting, but in a good way. These two educational sites keep interested students learning and growing while having fun. -...