The art and science of learning with music is well documented. The ancient Greeks told tales of history and myth using rhyme and rhythm. Advertisers have relied upon jingles for decades to get their sound bites stuck in our heads.

Now, SAT Remix teaches the most missed words on the SAT so that memorization takes little time and effort as the lessons work with students’ minds. In vocabulary tests, students that listen to lessons set to music tend to score up to 40% higher than students that just study out of the book. The SAT Remix design and development is built based on the following:

How People Learn

Learning largely has to do with memorizing words, facts, and other important information whether for language acquisition or knowledge attainment in general. However, not everyone learns in the same way. Some people learn well from reading and lectures while others learn better from doing. Regardless, it’s well documented that only a fraction of our brain’s power is used at any time.

By coupling our lessons with music SAT Remix taps into the brain in a unique and powerful manner. Research conducted in the 1970s by Bulgarian physician Georgi Lozanov on the effect of music in learning showed that this sort of lesson, one where the education is joined with music, puts the student into a relaxed but alert state, also called the “alpha state”, which is ideal for learning.

In March 2005 researchers at Dartmouth College reported the auditory cortex is the portion of the brain where catchy tunes reside. Sounds and words that are stored in the auditory cortex can readily be recalled as the brain replays them. These findings were released in “Nature” magazine.

What this research supports is the concept that using music to teach words is tapping into the natural power of the brain and an ideal way for students to memorize information. In addition, utilizing music also causes the entire experience to be more pleasurable for the learner, which can increase lesson review and repetition.

Bottom line – we are using a proven, smarter way to help you prove that you are smarter (or at least have a much expanded vocabulary and a higher SAT score).