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.

Video & Screenshot Overview of Piqosity

Piqosity gets more useful everyday. As we race to upload content for the ACT, SAT, and ISEE, we're developing the back-end more than worrying about attracting new, previously-unknown users off the Internet. However, for those of you who are willing to brave our construction progress, this demonstration video is for you. In the four-minute video below [...]

By |2016-02-17T19:05:36-06:00February 17th, 2016|Piqosity News|

Word Problem Questions on the Upper Level ISEE

The entirety of the ISEE Mathematics Achievement test is comprised of word problems, and much of the Quantitative Reasoning section is as well. Given that the Mathematics Achievement Test is the longest test on the ISEE, and the Quantitative Reasoning test is generally considered the most challenging, it's a good idea to improve your [...]

By |2017-03-29T17:57:10-05:00February 17th, 2016|ISEE: Upper Level|

Answer Explanations to 2013 Previously Released ACT Math Test

ACT, Inc. is the non-profit organization that administers the ACT college admissions test. They are the only source for official, previously released exams. Practice tests from third-party publishers like Kaplan or McGraw-Hill are just approximations. Fortunately ACT makes freely available previously administered tests. This post addresses the 60 questions in the Math section from [...]

By |2021-09-28T13:42:23-05:00February 15th, 2016|ACT: Answer Explanations|

Question Count on Piqosity

As of now, there are 2,162 questions on Piqosity. As we prepare for a public go-live, our contributors are rushing to post the equivalent of 10 full-length practice tests in the ACT, SAT, and ISEE: Test Questions/ 1 Test 10 Tests On Piqosity Now % Goal ACT 215 2,150 125 6% SAT 154 1,540 323 [...]

By |2021-09-28T13:42:37-05:00February 11th, 2016|Piqosity News|

Answer Explanations to 2015 Previously Released ACT Math Test

ACT, Inc. is the non-profit organization that administers the ACT college admissions test. They are the only source for official, previously released exams. Practice tests from third-party publishers like Kaplan or McGraw-Hill are just approximations. Fortunately ACT makes freely available previously administered tests. This post addresses the 60 questions in the Math section from [...]

By |2021-09-28T13:42:50-05:00February 11th, 2016|ACT Test Prep|

Sentence Completion Questions on the ISEE Upper Level

The Upper Level ISEE Verbal Reasoning section is composed of two parts - synonyms and sentence completions. You will have 20 minutes to answer 20 Synonym Questions and 20 Sentence Completion Questions. These questions test your knowledge of vocabulary and your ability to apply that knowledge. (Skip this how-to guide and go straight to [...]

By |2017-03-29T17:56:05-05:00February 8th, 2016|ISEE: Upper Level|

Introducing Piqosity: A Marketplace for Adaptive eLearning

“Washington Crossing the Delaware” by Emanuel Leutze, 1851 Welcome to our adventure! A combination of pique + curiosity, Piqosity is a marketplace and tool for the creation and delivery of individualized, adaptive assessments and lessons. It's a website where you can create a personalized quiz on any topic using crowd-sourced content. If we want [...]

By |2016-12-29T11:09:07-06:00February 3rd, 2016|Piqosity News|
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