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[quote=Anonymous]My kid has been working through several SAT prep books.
The books have lots of general strategy tips (about time management, choosing questions, etc) and then break down the types of problems (there is a finite number of types) and explain how to do each category.

Then there are a zillion practice problems.

If a kid is doing all of this (and so far---about 3 weeks in, they are) is there any value to taking a course instead?

[b]What does a course (or individual tutoring) do?  [/b]

Does a tutor/course mainly serve to keep a kid on-track and help with studying time-management?  I.e a kid is far more likely to actually study if a tutor is there making him do the work?

He's found that he understands all the explanations the book gives so it's not an issue of needing someone to actually explain from scratch [b]how[/b] to do things.  It's more that he's forgotten how to do a math concept (from Covid era geometry 2 years ago) and then reads the book's explanation and is like, "oh, right. I remember.  Got it".

Thank you![/quote]

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