Barron's How to Prepare for the Ppst Computerized Ppst,9780764122644

Barron's How to Prepare for the Ppst Computerized Ppst

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Edition: 2nd
ISBN13: 9780764122644
ISBN10: 0764122649
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2002-07-01
Publisher(s): BARRONS EDUCATIONAL SERIES INC
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Summary

The PPST (Pre-Professional Skills Test) assesses each teacher candidate's general abilities in reading comprehension, fundamental math, grammar, and writing ability. This updated manual offers extensive practice and review in all test areas plus three model tests with answers and explanations for all questions. Teacher candidates can choose to take the PPST either in its pencil-and-paper version or computerized version, and this manual offers preparation for both versions. This edition has been specially updated to reflect the new computerized version of the PPST.

Table of Contents

Preface vii
PPST Test Dates ix
PART I: TESTS AND STRATEGIES
Pre-Professional Skills Test (PPST); Computerized PPST
3(8)
Read Me First!
4(1)
PPST-The Inside Story
4(3)
What Are the Tests Like?
5(1)
Should I Take the PPST or the Computerized PPST?
6(1)
Registering for the PPST Tests
7(4)
Other Praxis Tests
9(2)
Test Preparation and Test-Taking Strategies
11(16)
Preparing for the Tests
12(1)
Proven Test-Preparation Strategies
12(2)
Proven Test-Taking Strategies
14(1)
Multiple-Choice Strategies
15(1)
Computerized PPST Strategies
16(1)
Essay Strategies
17(10)
PART II: SUBJECT MATTER PREPARATION
Writing
27(53)
English Review Quiz
28(7)
Part I-Sentence Correction
28(2)
Part II-Essay
30(2)
Study Checklist
32(3)
English Review
35(32)
Nouns and Verbs
35(5)
Pronouns
40(3)
Subject-Verb Agreement
43(2)
Adjectives and Adverbs
45(4)
Comma Splices and Run-on Sentences
49(1)
Sentence Agreements
50(2)
Parallelism
52(1)
Diction
53(3)
Punctuation
56(11)
Strategies for Taking the Multiple-Choice Writing Test
67(5)
Strategies for Taking the Essay Writing Test
72(1)
Targeted Writing Test
73(7)
Mathematics
80(101)
Mathematics Review Quiz
81(4)
Study Check List
85(3)
Mathematics Review
88(78)
Understanding and Ordering Whole Numbers
88(4)
Positive Exponents
92(1)
Square Roots
93(1)
Order of Operations
94(1)
Understanding and Ordering Decimals
95(2)
Rounding Whole Numbers and Decimals
97(1)
Add, Subtract, Multiply, and Divide Decimals
98(1)
Understanding and Ordering Fractions
99(3)
Multiply, Divide, Add, and Subtract Fractions and Mixed Numbers
102(2)
Number Theory
104(3)
Ratio and Proportion
107(2)
Percent
109(2)
Three Types of Percent Problems
111(2)
Percent of Increase and Decrease
113(2)
Probability
115(2)
Statistics
117(2)
Permutations, Combinations, and the Fundamental Counting Principle
119(1)
Integers
120(2)
Scientific Notation
122(1)
Equations
123(2)
Geometry
125(4)
Coordinate Grid
129(3)
Measurement
132(4)
Formulas
136(4)
Time and Temperature
140(3)
Graphs
143(3)
Stem-and-Leaf and Box-and-Whisker Plots
146(2)
Flow Charts
148(2)
Logic
150(1)
Problem Solving
151(15)
Strategies for Taking the Mathematics Test
166(2)
Targeted Mathematics Test
168(13)
Reading
181(28)
Vocabulary Review
182(8)
Context Clues
182(1)
Roots
182(1)
Prefixes
183(1)
The Vocabulary List
183(7)
Strategies for Taking the Reading Test
190(12)
Reading About Reading
190(1)
Five Steps to Taking a Reading Test
190(4)
Applying the Steps
194(2)
Practice Passage
196(6)
Targeted Reading Test
202(7)
PART III: PRACTICE TESTS
Practice PPST 1
209(46)
PPST 1 Answer Keys
248(1)
Explained Answers
249(6)
Practice PPST 2
255(40)
PPST 2 Answer Keys
291(1)
Explained Answers
292(3)
Practice Computerized PPST
295(98)
Computerized PPST Explained Answers
347(46)
PART IV: SCORES AND CAREERS
PPST Test Scoring and State-by-State Certification
393(30)
PPST and Computerized PPST Test Scoring
393(1)
PPST Scale Scores
394(1)
State-by-State Certification
395(28)
Getting Certified
423(4)
Certification Requirements
423(1)
Routes to Certification
424(3)
Getting a Teaching Job
427
Where Are the Teaching Jobs?
427
How Can I Find a Job?
428

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