About Shelby Joe

Shelby Joe 周 is the Founder of Piqosity. He has more than 20 years of experience in education as an entrepreneur, professor, and tutor. Shelby earned his BA in Political Science from Rice University. Born and raised in Mississippi, he now resides in Houston but has also lived in Beijing, Shanghai, and Hamburg.

ISEE Math Review – Order of Operations

Operations are the actions taken to solve math problems: addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, grouping (placing values in parentheses), and exponentiation (multiplying the same number to itself a certain number of times). Order of Operations was developed to make sure operations in a problem are completed in a particular order to achieve the correct result. [...]

By |2021-09-28T13:24:33-05:00May 2nd, 2017|ISEE: Upper Level Math Review|

ISEE Math Review – Mathematic Properties

Math is filled with theorems, axioms, and properties. Though the following properties may seem simplistic, the ISEE will couple these properties with difficult concepts, such as algebraic functions. Reflexive Property A value is equal to itself. x = x Examples 17 = 17 y = 400 Symmetric Property Equal values may be placed on [...]

By |2021-09-28T13:24:39-05:00May 2nd, 2017|ISEE: Upper Level Math Review|

ISEE Upper Level Official Practice Test Answer Explanations

The ISEE Upper Level is the private schools admissions test for students applying to grades 9 through 12. It is administered by the non-profit group, Educational Records Bureau, ERB, which is also the same group behind other popular private school tests like the CTP-4 often generically called "ERBs." An acronym for Independent School Entrance Exam, [...]

By |2021-09-28T13:27:35-05:00April 18th, 2017|ISEE: Upper Level|

ISEE Upper Level Practice Test Mathematics Achievement Video Explanations

Did you download the free ISEE Upper Level practice test, "What to Expect on theISEE Upper Level" from the ERB's website only to realize that there were no answer explanations? We have solved your problem (no pun intended) by creating video explanations for the the Mathematics Achievement section, which is what most students consider the second most [...]

By |2021-09-28T13:27:19-05:00April 10th, 2017|ISEE: Upper Level|

Assign Students Self-Grading SAT, ACT, and ISEE Questions with Due Dates

Piqosity now enables tutors and teachers the ability to assign students problem sets with hand-picked questions and due dates.  This feature is particularly useful for tutors and teachers who want to assign homework as part of a more comprehensive test prep regiment for the ACT, SAT, or ISEE standardized tests. To assign practice problems with [...]

By |2021-09-28T13:28:01-05:00February 7th, 2017|Teachers & Tutors|

ACT and SAT Test Prep in Schools – Challenges and Recommendations

Piqosity’s SAT and ACT preparation resources enable students to practice for these standardized tests in accordance with their unique needs, pace, and style. However, Piqosity and other well-meaning tools are merely one piece of a very complicated challenge in ensuring students are prepared for college. We examined the extant research to formulate recommendations to [...]

By |2021-09-28T13:28:17-05:00December 8th, 2016|Piqosity News, Teachers & Tutors|

View Our Release Notes

Piqosity is growing up! Given our rapidly growing user base, we are now scheduling our software updates and publishing our release notes. In order to minimize downtime and disruptions to active users, we are making our updates on Friday and Saturday evenings US central time. On average, down time will be for less than [...]

By |2021-09-28T13:28:30-05:00November 1st, 2016|Piqosity News|

Get Tech Support at Our Help Desk

We now have a help desk where you can find solutions, request support, or start a discussion. As of this launch on November 1, 2016, we have the following support articles. Support for Students Registering as a Student Learner How to Use and Understand the Student Dashboard Editing User Profile and Privacy Settings Accepting a Teacher [...]

By |2021-09-28T13:28:46-05:00November 1st, 2016|Piqosity News|

How to Use Piqosity In Your Classroom

Through our Piqosity Pilots program and independently, classroom teachers are increasingly using Piqosity in K12 schools across the United States. Classroom integration poses a few unique challenges; chief among these challenges is preparing material to present to a class. Few people (less than 1% of the college-bound population) can answer challenging standardized test questions [...]

By |2021-09-28T13:28:58-05:00October 17th, 2016|Teachers & Tutors|
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