Teaching Test-Taking Skills: Proven Techniques to Boost Your Student's Scores

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ISBN-10:: 1578865727
ISBN-13:: 9781578865727
Pub. Date:: 03/09/2007
Publisher:: R&L Education

ISBN-10:: 1578865727
ISBN-13:: 9781578865727
Pub. Date:: 03/09/2007
Publisher:: R&L Education

Teaching Test-Taking Skills: Proven Techniques to Boost Your Student's Scores

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The No Child Left Behind Act has standardized the proficiency requirements of students, thus challenging schools to teach, test, and be accountable for student mastery of the curriculum. Students no longer have the luxury of time to learn the mechanics of taking tests. As early as third grade, they not only must have acquired the knowledge of the material, they also have to perform on the tests that measure that knowledge. Dr. Guinevere Durham has spent 25 years researching, writing, and implementing a program that teaches test-taking skills to students. Teaching Test-Taking Skills is filled with strategies, techniques, and activities that have been proven successful in the classroom. It is practical, user-friendly, cost effective, and compatible with any curriculum. The test scores of students taught these skills are a true assessment of their potential.

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ISBN-13:	9781578865727
Publisher:	R&L Education
Publication date:	03/09/2007
Pages:	136
Product dimensions:	5.81(w) x 8.99(h) x 0.64(d)

About the Author

Dr. Guinevere Durham is a retired elementary principal with education and experiences as an elementary teacher, preschool director, mother, and grandmother.

Part 1 Concepts Chapter 2 Test-Wiseness: What, When, Why, and How Chapter 3 The Five Categories of Tests Part 4 Computation Chapter 5 Construction of Test Items Chapter 6 Weekly Format and Sample Lesson Plans Part 7 Application Chapter 8 Techniques: Format Familiarity Chapter 9 Following Directions Chapter 10 Guessing: Narrowing Selection to Two Choices Chapter 11 Guessing: Judging Answers Chapter 12 Working Backwards Chapter 13 Key Words Chapter 14 Selecting Multiple-Choice Answers Chapter 15 Pacing Chapter 16 Math: Key Words, Reading Signs, Estimating Chapter 17 Comprehension Chapter 18 Sequencing Chapter 19 Spelling Chapter 20 Maps, Graphs, Tables, and Charts Chapter 21 Social Studies, Science, and Reference Skills Chapter 22 Techniques: The Emotional Factor Chapter 23 Writing Part 24 Stop Chapter 25 Everyone's Role: Teacher, Parent, Student Chapter 26 Wind Down and Wrap Up Chapter 28 Appendix A: Definitions of Testing Terms Chapter 29 Appendix B: Sample Test Answer Sheet Chapter 30 Appendix C: Game Chart Chapter 31 Appendix D: Rules for Taking Tests Chapter 32 Appendix E: Suggested Weekly Lesson Plan Chapter 33 Appendix F: Daily Lesson Plan Chapter 34 Appendix G: Definitions of Test Directions Chapter 35 References

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A very well thought-out, thorough, and practical format that applies an age-old experience to the challenges of a changing world....[Teaching Test-Taking Skills] helps to create a brighter future to help students, teachers, and parents to see testing as a relevant activity in the academe, where change is both expected and admired.

Sister John Christian McCabe O.P.

In today's world of high-stakes testing, this book offers practical advice for classroom teachers on how to get their students ready to be successful test takers. It is a welcome resource because it is written by a classroom teacher who has been successful using the methods and who knows what works for teachers as well as students.

Kendra Peebles

Student's will develop confidence in the test-taking experience with the use of the practical exercises outlined in this book. [Dr. Durham] touches on areas that need to be addressed in all subject areas and stresses the importance of support from teachers and parents. If my students were exposed to the methods in this book in elementary and middle school, then I wouldn't see the look of fear on their faces when I say, 'This is a test.'

Lynn S. Lilley

A very well thought-out, thorough, and practical format that applies an age-old experience to the challenges of a changing world....[Teaching Test-Taking Skills] helps to create a brighter future to help students, teachers, and parents to see testing as a relevant activity in the academe, where change is both expected and admired.

Sister John Christian

Teaching Test-Taking Skills: Proven Techniques to Boost Your Student's Scores

Teaching Test-Taking Skills: Proven Techniques to Boost Your Student's Scores

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