For Parents Music Rocks SAT Studying (NAPSA)—It may seem to many parents that their kids ought to take studying moreseriously—especially when it comes to important tests such as the SAT’s. Yet it may be the medium rather than the messagethatfails to inspire serious study time. Kids may just need something they can tune in to and a new approach to studying may help them hum their way to better scores. A new study guide teaches SAT vocabulary in a medium kids Pa yo Roc fe hoa we ad 2] can certainly <4 relate to: rock i; music. “Rock the SAT” (McGraw- Hill, $16.95) serves up teenfriendly, vocab- ulary-boosting tunes that teens will be able to digest in the car, on an iPod, while exercising, riding their bikes or even doing chores. The CD features 13 songs— with each tune holding 20 or so popular SAT vocabulary words and their meanings—withinoriginal rock lyrics. The accompanying workbook guides students through each word and definition, using irreverent humorkids will like. It’s a welcome change from more traditional methods of memorization, like index cards or mind-numbing laundrylists of words/definitions. Experts say that because of the way these lists are organized, it makes it hard for teens to focus or relate to them. An advantage of the “Rock the SAT”tunesis that the information is spoon-fed through catchy pop tunes and melodies, making it easy to absorb without much effort or time commitment. People have an easier time, experts say, remembering lyrics than text. With this musical tool, stu- dents can hum their way to better scores on the SAT’s.
