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| How to Use This Book | |
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| PRAXIS I: PPST Subject Review | |
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| Introducing the PRAXIS I: Pre-Professional Skills Test (PPST) | |
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| PRAXIS I: PPST Paper and Pencil Versus CBT | |
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| PRAXIS Reading | |
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| Introducing PRAXIS Reading | |
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| Know What to Expect | |
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| How to Approach PRAXIS Reading | |
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| The Kaplan Four-Step Method for PRAXIS Reading | |
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| The Passage | |
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| Seven PRAXIS Reading Strategies | |
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| Critical Reading Skills | |
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| Practice Exercise | |
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| The Questions | |
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| Practice | |
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| Answers and Explanations | |
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| PRAXIS Mathematics | |
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| Introducing PRAXIS Mathematics | |
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| Know What to Expect | |
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| How to Approach PRAXIS Mathematics | |
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| The Kaplan Three-Step Method for PRAXIS Mathematics | |
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| Introducing the Mathematics Content Review | |
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| Review One | |
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| The Decimal System | |
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| Decimal Operations | |
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| Fractions | |
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| Fraction Operations | |
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| Ratios | |
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| Proportions | |
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| Rates | |
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| Percents | |
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| Probability | |
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| Factors, Primes, and Divisibility | |
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| The Coordinate Plane | |
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| Review One Practice | |
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| Review One Answer Key | |
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| Review Two | |
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| The Order of Operations | |
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| Algebraic Expressions | |
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| Simplifying and Evaluating Expressions | |
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| Equations | |
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| Algebra Word Problems | |
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| Patterns and Functions | |
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| Mean, Median, and Mode | |
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| Tables and Pictographs | |
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| Review Two Practice | |
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| Review Two Answer Key | |
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| Review Three | |
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| Interpretation of Graphs | |
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| Line Graphs | |
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| Circle Graphs | |
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| The Number Line and Signed Numbers | |
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| Powers and Roots | |
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| Inequalities | |
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| Perimeter, Area, and Volume | |
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| Circles: Circumference and Area | |
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| Volume | |
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| Working with Irregular Figures | |
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| Review Three Practice | |
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| Review Three Answer Key | |
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| Review Four | |
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| Points, Lines, and Angles | |
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| Parallel Lines and Transversals | |
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| Triangles | |
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| Comparing Triangles | |
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| Understanding Similarity | |
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| Quadrilaterals | |
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| The English System of Measurement | |
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| The Metric System | |
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| Estimation | |
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| Review Four Practice | |
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| Review Four Answer Key | |
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| PRAXIS Writing | |
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| Introducing PRAXIS Writing | |
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| Know What to Expect | |
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| PPST Writing: Multiple-Choice Questions | |
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| How to Approach PRAXIS Writing | |
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| The Kaplan Three-Step Method for PRAXIS Writing | |
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| The Usage Section | |
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| The Sentence Correction Section | |
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| Practice Questions | |
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| Practice Questions Answers and Explanations | |
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| PRAXIS Essay | |
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| How to Approach the PRAXIS Essay | |
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| The Kaplan Five-Step Method for the PRAXIS Essay | |
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| Holistic Scoring | |
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| PRAXIS I: PPST Practice Tests and Explanations | |
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| Practice Test One: Pre-Professional Skills Test (PPST) | |
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| Practice Test One (PPST) Answers and Explanations | |
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| Practice Test Two: Pre-Professional Skills Test (PPST) | |
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| Practice Test Two (PPST) Answers and Explanations | |
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| PRAXIS II: Principles of Learning and Teaching | |
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| Introducing the PRAXIS II: Principles of Learning and Teaching (PLT) | |
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| What is the PLT? | |
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| Review of the Principles of Learning and Teaching (PLT) | |
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| Organizing Content Knowledge for Student Learning | |
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| Creating an Environment for Student Learning | |
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| Teaching for Student Learning (Communicating with Others) | |
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| Changing Behavior | |
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| Teacher Professionalism | |
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| Practice Test Three: Principles of Learning and Teaching (PLT) | |
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| Practice Test Three (PLT) Answers and Explanations | |
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| Elementary Education Practice Tests and Explanations | |
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| Review of the Content Area Exercises (0012) | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Reading/Language Arts | |
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| Mathematics | |
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| Science or Social Studies | |
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| Interdisciplinary Instruction | |
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| Practice Test Four: Content Area Exercises (0012) | |
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| Practice Test Four: Content Area Exercises Sample Responses | |
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| Practice Test Five: Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment (0011/0016) | |
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| Practice Test Five Answers and Explanations | |
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| Practice Test Six: Content Knowledge (0014) | |
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| Practice Test Six Answers and Explanations | |
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| PRAXIS II: Subject Assessments | |
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| Introducing the Subject Overviews and Question Banks | |
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| Science | |
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| PRAXIS II Science Subject Tests | |
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| General Science Tests | |
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| Biology Tests | |
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| Chemistry Tests | |
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| Physics Tests | |
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| Science Question Bank | |
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| Science Question Bank Answers and Explanations | |
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| English | |
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| PRAXIS II English Subject Tests | |
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| PRAXIS II English Language, Literature, and Composition Subject Tests | |
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| English Question Bank | |
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| English Question Bank Answers and Explanations | |
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| Mathematics | |
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| PRAXIS II Mathematics Subject Tests | |
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| Mathematics Question Bank | |
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| Mathematics Question Bank Answers and Explanations | |
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| Social Studies | |
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| PRAXIS II Social Studies Subject Tests | |
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| Social Studies Question Bank | |
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| Social Studies Question Bank Answers and Explanations | |
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| PRAXIS Resource: State Certification Information | |