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This post was co-written by Jess Nepom.  There has been a lot of talk lately about creating educational videos for your students, whether you mean to use them in class, on the web, or both. Fewer people really talk about the different options for the format of your video — by which I don’t mean the technical file format, but rather the actual style of what will be on the screen. Should you use an… Read more

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Last Friday was Hack Day here at Knewton. In between some hard-core brainstorming and coding, a few Knerds decided to take some time to tackle a pressing office problem. The dilemma: For quite some time now, there have been a bunch of extra Knewton Frisbees lying around the office — more Frisbees than any company (even one with its own recreational Ultimate Frisbee team) could ever use. The solution: A flash-Frisbee distribution in Union Square!… Read more

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Here’s another post in our GMAT Case Study series, where we dig into the key concepts behind GMAT practice questions. This week: word problems. After you practice long enough for the GMAT, you may find yourself answering certain common types of problems on autopilot. But always read carefully –sometimes a problem looks like one you’ve seen a million times before, and yet it’s actually about something else altogether. Let’s try out this sample problem: Eunice… Read more

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Kristen Tracey is a Content Developer at Knewton. So you’re really prepared for the LSAT. You’ve taken every practice test in every book. You can identify patterns in logic games in your sleep. You should feel confident, but you’re sitting here on test day, frozen with fear. You can’t even remember what the last sentence of the reading comprehension passage was by the time you get to the first question. Does this scenario haunt you?… Read more

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Kristen Tracey is a Content Developer at Knewton. Considering taking an SAT II test in math? You have two different options: Mathematics Level 1 and Mathematics Level 2. They’re both 50 questions and 60 minutes long, but they have some important differences. While the SAT I is a “Reasoning Test,” the SAT II is a “Subject Test.” The Subject Tests are intended to test your knowledge of mathematics from courses you’ve taken in school. The… Read more

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Kristen Tracey is a Content Developer at Knewton, where she helps students with their SAT preparation. The SAT lets you use your calculator for any problem, so why would you consider opting out at all? Because a huge part of the test is timing. The faster your mental math is, the faster your test-taking can be. Below you’ll find a list of six tips for quick calculation. Some are facts you should simply memorize, if… Read more

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