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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.

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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