SAT Game For Dummies

SAT Game for Dummies is a board game designed to help students prepare for the SAT. The game is trivia-based, and is intended for use as an alternative to traditional SAT test preparation. The game addresses all SAT-tested categories except for the essay writing component.[1]

History

The SAT Game for Dummies was created in 2007 by BE Innovative Group Inc. in a licensing agreement with John Wiley & Sons Publishing.[2] The game was designed to be a new mechanism of SAT-test preparation, as opposed to more traditional methods such as practice tests. In 2008, it won the National Parenting Center Seal of Approval.[3] Bobbi Jaimet and Elsbeth Vaino of BE Innovative Group started developing the game in 2003.[4]

Style and gameplay

The game is designed as a member of the "...For Dummies" product line, and is stylized in a manner similar to other products in that line. The game offers solutions to SAT-style questions using simple and direct prose and wording.

Reception

Virginia Linn for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette said that for her daughter, "the game provided a chance for group study and a welcome diversion from the drudgery faced by many who prep for the tests".[5] The National Parenting Center said that "This is an asset that you will want your child to have in his or her studying arsenal."[6] Dipika Mirpuri for About.com said that it was "Overall, an interesting and welcome twist to aid in preparing for the SAT."[7]

The game sold out at Toy Fair '08.[8]

References

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