| Description |
160 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm |
| Note |
"Originally published in 1986 by William Morrow and Company, Inc."--Title page verso. |
| Audience |
"Grades 3-5." |
| Note |
"Grades 3-5." |
| Contents |
Introduction to parents -- A word about the psychology of working with your child -- What parents should know about standardized tests -- Four general test-taking skills -- Verbal strategies : analogies -- Analogy strategy : always put analogies in sentence form -- Most common types of analogies -- Practice exercises and explanatory answers -- Vocabulary -- Vocabulary strategy 1 : learn prefixes and roots -- Vocabulary strategy 2 : learn suffixes -- Essential word list for grades 3, 4, 5 -- Sentence completions -- Sentence completion strategy 1 : try all of the choices -- Sentence completion strategy 2 : look for clues and key words -- Sentence completion exercises and explanatory answers -- Reading comprehension (two strategies) -- Reading passages, questions, and explanatory answers -- Writing ability -- Punctuation -- Capitalization -- English expression -- Choosing the right word -- Math strategies : a note to parents -- Basic math strategies -- Math strategy 1 : know how to approach solutions to math questions -- Math strategy 2 : use math symbols for words -- Math strategy 3 : know when and how to approximate -- Math strategy 4 : try specific numbers -- Math strategy 5 : start with last choice when testing choices -- Math strategy 6 : use visual thinking -- Quantitative comparison -- Quantitative comparison strategy 1 : cancel numbers common to both columns -- Quantitative comparison strategy 2 : to simplify, you can multiply, divide, add, or subtract the same number in both columns -- Quantitative comparison strategy 3 : use common sense to answer questions -- Math refresher/review (essential math skills) -- Math words, concepts, and rules your child should know -- Math shortcuts your child should know -- The fifty basic math problems for grades 3, 4, 5 -- Solutions to the fifty basic math problems -- Appendix A: hot prefixes and roots -- Appendix B: the dangers of national school entrance testing. |
| Subject |
Test-taking skills -- Juvenile literature.
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Examinations -- Study guides -- Juvenile literature.
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| Added Title |
Essential guide to test taking |
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Test taking |
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Grades 3-5 |
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Grades three-five |
| ISBN |
9781402211850 |
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1402211856 |
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