Overview
Main description
Expert instruction from the makers of the Praxis
The Praxis Series: The Official Guide comes straight from Educational Testing Service (ETS)--the people who make the test. If you need to take these state-mandated teacher licensing exams, this book gives you complete information about the entire Praxis series.
This book includes a complete Praxis I: PPST exam
review. Six full-length, authentic PPST tests are provided
in the book and also in interactive format on CD-ROM. You will also find authoritative information about the Praxis II Subject Assessments, the Principles of Learning and Teaching (PLT) exam, and much more.
Table of contents
How to Use This Book
PART I. GETTING STARTED
Chapter 1. Introducing the Praxis
Chapter 2. Praxis Practical Matters
Chapter 3. General Strategies for Test-Takers
PART II. PREPARING FOR THE PPST
Chapter 4. All About the PPST
Chapter 5. PPST Reading
Chapter 6. PPST Mathematics
Chapter 7. PPST Writing: The Multiple-Choice Section
Chapter 8. PPST Writing: The Essay
PART III. SIX REAL PPSTs FOR PRACTICE
Chapter 9. PPST: Reading Test 1
Chapter 10. PPST: Reading Test 2
Chapter 11. PPST: Mathematics Test 1
Chapter 12. PPST: Mathematics Test 2
Chapter 13. PPST: Writing Test 1
Chapter 14. PPST: Writing Test 2
PART IV. PRINCIPLES OF LEARNING AND TEACHING (PLT)
Chapter 15. All About the PLT Tests
Chapter 16. Real PLT Questions for Practice
PART V. PRAXIS II: ELEMENTARY EDUCATION
Chapter 17. Elementary Education: Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment
Chapter 18. Elementary Education: Content Knowledge
Chapter 19. Elementary Education: Content Area Exercises
PART VI. PRAXIS II: SUBJECT ASSESSMENTS
Chapter 20. All About the Subject Assessments
Chapter 21. Reading, English, Language Arts
Chapter 22. Social Studies, Math, Science
Chapter 23. Other Subjects
Appendix A: State-by-State Certification Testing Requirements
Appendix B: For More Information
Author comments
ETS is a private, nonprofit organization devoted to educational measurement and research, primarily through testing. ETS develops and administers millions of achievement and admissions tests each year in the United States and 180 other countries. These include the TOEFL, SAT®, GRE®, PRAXIS™ and other standardized tests.
