10 Praxis Exam Preparation Secrets You Never Knew

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10 Praxis Exam Preparation Secrets You Never Knew
By Teaching Solutions
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10 Praxis Exam Preparation Secrets You Never Knew

• Know Test Series
• Upto date about Exam Guideline and Format
• Give priority to weakest subject
• Enhance your time management throughout
• Take advantage of Practice Guide and Study
  Materials
• Spread out the sections
• Practice explaining the key concepts
• Understand how questions will be scored
• Test Yourself
• Discuss with test holder or test consultants

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1. Know Test Series

• Determine which Praxis tests youll need
  to take, and where you can take them. Each state
  sets its own testing requirements, so be sure to
  check for each state you plan to become
  certified.
• Praxis Test divided into two parts one is
  Praxis I and another is the Praxis II. The Praxis
  I is used for licensure as well as to qualify
  candidates for entry into a teacher education
  program. The Praxis I tests measure basic skills
  and are divided into three separate exams Praxis
  Mathematics, Praxis Reading and Praxis Writing.
  Praxis I exams are mostly multiple choice with an
  essay in the writing test, and are offered in
  both electronic and paper versions.
• Another hand, the Praxis II assesses a
  teaching candidates general skills and specific
  subject area knowledge. The different Praxis II
  exams fall into three categories based on what
  they measure. There three category are Subject
  Assessments, Principles of Learning Tests and
  Teaching Foundations Tests.

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2. Upto date about Exam Guideline and Format

• This is most important that you should be
  familiar with the format and content of the exam.
  You should be familiar with the details of each
  section, including time allotted, question type,
  scoring and more. Knowing the structure of the
  test will not only help you develop a better
  strategy but also make you feel confident to pass
  exam. You can make this effective by reading
  guideline and checking format. Even you can keep
  Xerox of guideline with you while
  studying/preparing for the exam.

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3. Give priority to weakest subject

• As we know Praxis exam is having multiple
  subjects so you should put more efforts on
  mastering the sections you are weakest at while
  youre studying. It is compulsory to pass each
  section of the exam, so acing one and flunking
  another in hopes of the scores balancing out is
  not an option. By doing this you will not only
  remove your weaknesses but also you will be
  better able to handle the test as a whole. You
  can also test this practice on the element of
  Praxis Exam mathematics, reading and writing. If
  you are expert in mathematics then you can
  concentrate more on reading and writing part or
  if you are expert in reading then you can go
  deeply with mathematics and writing part.

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4. Enhance your time management throughout

• Many individuals have not learned how to
  rate themselves while preparing for an
  examination. Because more students will pick a
  date and assume that studying for a random
  allotment of time each day leading up to it will
  be sufficient. When they realize they are
  running out of time, they may panic and skip over
  some lesion without preparing. An aspirant should
  gather all of study materials and make a schedule
  for specific blocks of subject to study and make
  sure that each subject covers at schedule time.
  This strategy will ensure that you are scheduling
  the test according to your studying progress.

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5. Take advantage of Practice Guide and Study
Materials

• Obtaining and organizing your best study
  materials are critical steps in preparing for the
  Praxis tests. Most practice tests and study
  materials for the Praxis I are overly-simplistic
  and not close to the difficulty of the real
  examination. Some even have incorrect answer
  keys. Some Praxis I practice questions are
  WITHOUT full answer explanationswhich is the
  only way to learn from the questions you got
  wrong and get a passing score.
• Consider the following references
  questions before buying any practice guide
• 1. Do you guess what content and questions
  youll face on your upcoming testing date? Have
  you decided to study for the Praxis I exam by
  trial and error, take the test 2-3
  timeseventually learn to pass after taking it so
  many times?  

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5. Take advantage of Practice Guide and Study
Materials

• 2. Are you losing critical time trying
  memorizing painfully dry, 300 pages Praxis I
  study books?You know, its impossible to
  swallow 300-400 pages textbook-like Praxis I
  practice guides in the short time you have
  between now and your exam date. 
• 3. Feel trapped in information overload? 

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6. Spread out the sections

• Unlike many standardized tests, students
  are able to take the different sections of the
  Praxis exam separately. If youre able to do this
  without missing any deadlines or putting too much
  more strain on yourself, consider taking the
  sections on different days. By doing this, you
  will be focus more on studying and test-taking
  efforts on one topic at a time. Logically, being
  able to concentrate on one section will help you
  excel at it before moving on to the next subject
  and test question type.

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7. Practice explaining the key concepts

• Try to understand concept instead of
  remembering whole things. This practice will lead
  you to cover more topics and lesion. For
  instance, if youre practicing Praxis II then you
  need to explain the concepts and processes to
  students in a clear, understandable way. What are
  the major concepts you will be required to teach?
  Can you explain them in your own words
  accurately, completely and clearly? Practice
  explaining these concepts to test your ability to
  effectively explain what you know.

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8. Understand how questions will be scored

• How to interpret Praxis questions so
  you'll know exactly what answer they're looking
  for, instead of wasting time wracking your brain
  trying to figure it out. Knowing the criteria of
  questions, type of questions will give you high
  score in Praxis Exam. This can be done by
  checking previous year questions paper,
  consulting with test holder and test consultants.
  Do practice on best competitive on questions and
  solve as many as possible.

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9. Test Yourself

• Some test aspirant becomes overly nervous,
  causing them to forget content, guess wildly, or
  lose concentration. Individuals who have high
  levels of test anxiety might benefit from taking
  a test prep course to prepare for the actual
  testing situation and/or completing timed
  practice tests. To overcome from this situation
  you can take as many as test at home and check
  improvement each time.

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10. Discuss with test holder or test consultants

• Yes, consulting with test holder, Praxis
  Test Instructor will help you to find out the
  best way to pass the exam. You can engage with
  them by asking more and more questions and by
  asking them to check your test.
• Read more about Praxis Practice Test Guide
  by Teaching Solutions

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