test-taking skills

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test-taking skills

Test-taking strategies

1981
A strategy guide for scoring higher on several types of tests, including multiple choice, true/false, matching, essay, and oral examinations.

Test anxiety

2005
Investigates the causes and symptoms of test anxiety, and introduces specific strategies for overcoming test-induced apprehension.

Taking reading comprehension tests

2005
Describes specific strategies for answering literal, inferential, and analytical questions that appear on reading comprehension tests, features step-by-step analyses of fiction and nonfiction passages, and includes tips for taking multiple choice exams, as well as advice on test preparation.

Taking math tests

2005
Offers strategies for helping students become effective, confident test takers, focusing on math tests, with discussion of how math tests differ from others, and specific advice on answering logic, computational, data analysis, and word problems.

Taking essay tests

2005
Offers strategies for helping students become effective, confident test takers, focusing on essay tests, with descriptions of different types of essay questions, a look at action words, discussion of the components of a well-written essay, and preparation tips.

Answering test questions

2005
Offers strategies for helping students become effective, confident test takers, focusing on how to answer test questions, with a look at how different types of test questions are written, and advice on how to recognize tricks and distractions.

Nonfiction comprehension test practice

2006
Collects lessons for testing nonfiction comprehension, with multiple choice questions, word studies, graphic organizers, and other activities for testing comprehension of sentences, paragraphs, and the entirety of a story.

Right-answer writing

an all-in-one resource to help students craft better responses
2006
A collection of three practical handbooks and CD-ROM that describe how to help young writers construct responses to various types of writing prompts.

Strategies for analysis

analyzing information for classroom, homework, and test success
2006

How not to choke on tests

achieving academic and testing success
2013
Gives children advice on being successful test takers.

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