How to Prepare for the Praxis I Ppst/Cbt,9780764114434

How to Prepare for the Praxis I Ppst/Cbt

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ISBN13: 9780764114434
ISBN10: 0764114433
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2000-10-01
Publisher(s): Barrons Educational Series Inc
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Summary

A very important segment of the National Teacher Examinations test battery -- now administered under the name, Praxis -- is the three-hour PPST, which rates each teacher candidate's general abilities in reading comprehension, fundamental math, grammar, and writing ability. This brand new manual offers practice and review in all of these test areas, plus 00(?) model tests with answers and explanations for all questions.

Table of Contents

Preface ix
PPST 2000--2001 Test Dates xi
PART I: TESTS AND STRATEGIES
Praxis I Tests
3(8)
Read Me First!
4(1)
Praxis I---The Inside Story
4(1)
What Are the Tests Like?
5(1)
Should I Take the PPST or the CBT?
6(1)
Registering for the Praxis Tests
7(2)
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(13)
Multiple-Choice Strategies
15(1)
CBT 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(45)
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 Fragments
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(103)
Mathematics Review Quiz
81(4)
Study Check List
85(3)
Using the CBT Mathematics Calculator
88(2)
Mathematics Review
90(78)
Whole Number Computation
92(2)
Positive Exponents
94(1)
Square Roots
95(1)
Order of Operations
96(1)
Understanding and Ordering Decimals
97(2)
Rounding Whole Numbers and Decimals
99(1)
Add, Subtract, Multiply, and Divide Decimals
100(1)
Understanding and Ordering Fractions
101(3)
Multiply, Divide, Add, and Subtract Fractions and Mixed Numbers
104(1)
Subtract Fractions and Mixed Numbers
105(1)
Number Theory
106(3)
Ratio and Proportion
109(2)
Percent
111(2)
Three Types of Percent Problems
113(2)
Percent of Increase and Decrease
115(2)
Probability
117(2)
Statistics
119(2)
Permutations, Combinations, and the Fundamental Counting Principle
121(1)
Integers
122(2)
Scientific Notation
124(1)
Equations
125(2)
Geometry
127(4)
Coordinate Grid
131(3)
Measurement
134(4)
Formulas
138(4)
Time and Temperature
142(3)
Graphs
145(3)
Stem-and-Leaf and Box-and-Whisker Plots
148(2)
Flow Charts
150(2)
Logic
152(1)
Problem Solving
153(15)
Strategies for Taking the Mathematics Test
168(2)
Targeted Mathematics Test
170(13)
Reading
183(28)
Vocabulary Review
184(8)
Context Clues
184(1)
Roots
184(1)
Prefixes
185(1)
The Vocabulary List
185(7)
Strategies for Taking the Reading Test
192(12)
Reading About Reading
192(1)
Five Steps to Taking a Reading Test
192(3)
Author's Purpose
195(1)
Applying the Steps
196(2)
Practice Passage
198(6)
Targeting Reading Test
204(7)
PART III: PRACTICE TESTS
Practice PPST 1
211(46)
Practice PPST 2
257(40)
Practice CBT
297(62)
PART IV: SCORES AND CAREERS
Praxis I Test Scoring and State-by-State Certification
359(30)
Getting Certified
389(4)
Getting a Teaching Job
393

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