Product Description: The CliffsTestPrep series offers full-length practice exams that simulate the real tests; proven test-taking strategies to increase your chances at doing well; and thorough review exercises to help fill in any knowledge gaps.
CliffsTestPrep Praxis I: PPST, 3rd Edition, shows you how to boost your scores on all sections of the PPST (Pre-Professional Skills Test). Because the PPST requires you to use some basic skills that you may not have used in many years, thorough preparation is the key to doing your best. Researched and developed by leading test preparation experts and instructors, this guide presents you with materials, techniques, and strategies currently being used in test prep programs in many colleges and universities. Inside, you'll find
A general overview of the exam and format, as well as basic overall strategies for taking the text
Analyses of the exam areas, including suggested approaches with samples
A mathematics review, with explanations of important terminology
Tips on avoiding some of the most common grammar and usage errors
Three full-length practice tests with answers and in-depth explanations
This guide can help you develop the most time-efficient study plan you can for taking the PPST. Through out this book, you'll review subjects such as
Reading comprehension and interpreting what you read
The difference between adverbs and adjectives
Subject-verb agreement and punctuation
Common math symbols and terms
Basic arithmetic, such as fractions, decimals, and mixed numbers
Algebra and geometry concepts, including factors and angles
With guidance from the CliffsTestPrep series, you'll feel at home in any standardized-test environment! (For additional help, be sure to visit the Test Prep Think Tank for free online resources.)
Good review and great price. Highly recommended I just passed all 3 praxis exams on the first try. This was the only test prep book I used for the reading and writing test. I felt this book did not review the math section well enough. I used another math review book and I still felt I didn't get enough of a math review. The math section of the test was much harder than I was expecting. However, this books is great. The practice tests are very helpful and I would recommend this book to anyone who is planning on taking the praxis ppst.
Great Review! This book is a very concise overall review for the praxis. I was able to review things I haven't seen in years, especially in the math section. I also liked that the answers had explanations which helped me figure out the math problems even when I didn't understand how they had gotten their answer. It is a great book, it has three practice exams and helps let you know what to expect of this test.
Best praxis prep book I used I bought three Praxis I prep books--Cliffs, Cram Master and Baron's--and Cliffs was the best. It does the best job approximating the test and giving you a crash course in what you need to know. It also does the best job explaining the correct answers. Cram Master was good but the computer test on CD that comes with it is more of a gimmick than anything. It asks the same 20 or so questions over and over. The Baron's book was the worst of the three I bought. There are glaring errors in it and some of the questions are much more difficult than you will find on the real test. Baron's also poorly explains correct answers. If you only want to buy one book, go with the Cliffs Test Prep one. Good luck!
Best Study Guide Having been out of college for more than a decade, I was nervous about the prospect of taking this exam. My performance on a sample test was dismal, and would have been a failure if it were the actual test. I purchased the guide, and studied it from cover to cover. The book provides a great overview of the concepts likely to be on the test. The performance assessments help identify your weak areas. There are even 3 FULL-LENGTH practice tests at the end. I took the test and got great scores! I was so impressed with this book, I bought the Praxis 2 study guide from the same publisher.
Innacurracies, in my opinion. I haven't taken the exam yet for Praxis, however, I have been overseas for a third of my life, so I know the ease at which cultural influences have on one's answers. I found the mathematics section to be excellent. However, in going over the reading and writing sections, I found that the answers given were very subjective. For example, in the "Writing, Multiple choice section", there were many answers I had which were not wrong. Maybe not right, according to their standards, but not wrong. Uses of cliches were given as wrong answers. BUT THESE ARE NOT WRONG. To use a cliche is neither wrong grammatically nor wrong semantically, yet it was listed as wrong because it is a cliche. Second, in one question on p. 56, the choice which explains what a carnivorous plant is, is marked as wrong. BUT IT IS NOT WRONG TO EXPLAIN the meaning of something, it is simply the author's choice to explain the meaning, it is neither wrong grammatically or semantically to do so. I am not sure if these are the kinds of questions which are on the real PRAXIS exams, but if they are, then I would be surprised. I will see.
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