An edition of Gruber's essential guide to test taking
(2008)
Gruber's essential guide to test taking.
Rev. ed.
by Gary R. Gruber
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Table of Contents
Introduction to parents
A word about the psychology of working with your child
What parents should know about standardized tests
General test-taking skills
Verbal strategies : analogies
Analogy strategy : always put analogies in sentence form
Most common types of analogy
Practice exercises and explanatory answers
Vocabulary strategy 1 : learn prefixes and roots
Vocabulary strategy 2 : learn suffixes
Essential word list for grades 3, 4, 5
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.
Edition Notes
"Originally published in 1986 by William Morrow and Company, Inc."
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