How to Prepare for the Praxis I... | Buy

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.

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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