Teachers' skills tests for dummies / / by Colin Beveridge and Andrew Green

• Autore: Beveridge Colin
• Pubblicazione: Chichester : , : John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., , 2014
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (363 p.)
• Disciplina: 370.76
• Soggetto topico: Teaching - Examinations; Teachers - Certification
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Persona (resp. second.): GreenAndrew
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents at a Glance; Table of Contents; Introduction; About This Book; Foolish Assumptions; Icons Used in This Book; Beyond the Book; Where to go from Here; Part I: Getting Started with the Skills Tests; Chapter 1: Receiving Your Ticket to the Classroom; Tracing the Routes to Becoming a Teacher; Introducing the Professional Skills Tests; Chapter 2: Scoping out the Skills Tests; Discovering the Test Basics; Limbering up for Your Literacy Test; Nailing down the Numeracy Test; Chapter 3: Studying to Succeed; Setting Yourself up Physically; Preparing Yourself Mentally ; Acing your Exam: Tips for Exam Technique Revising for Success; Part II: Literacy Skills; Chapter 4: Falling Under the Spell of Spelling; Breaking Words Up; Looking at Patterns and Rules; Considering Other Spelling Approaches; Having a Go: Practice Tests; Checking out the Practice Test Answers; Chapter 5: Punching above Your Weight at Punctuation; Discovering the Need for Pace; Looking at Beginnings: Capital Letters; Pausing for Breath: Commas; Finishing off with Separators; Speaking Up; Pondering Other Punctuation Marks; Having a Go: Practice Tests; Checking out the Practice Test Answers ; Chapter 6: Getting to Grips with Grammar Introducing Standard English; Meeting the Different Parts of Speech; Working with Sentences; Having a Go: Practice Tests; Checking out the Practice Test Answers; Chapter 7: Considering the Comprehension Test; Meeting the Comprehension Test; Having a Go: Practice Tests; Checking out the Practice Test Answers; Part III: Numeracy Skills; Chapter 8: Making Sense of Mental Maths; Blitzing through the Basic Arithmetic Processes; Working with Parts of the Whole; Answering Real-life Maths Problems; Having a Go: Practice Tests ; Checking out the Practice Test Answers Chapter 9: Stepping up to the Screen: Arithmetic Review; Playing with Parts of the Whole: Percentages; Mastering Measures; Reeling in the Ranges (and Averages); Tracking Trends; Chapter 10: Get ting on Top of On-Screen Tests with Tables and Graphs; Dealing with Data Tables; Sussing out Simple Graphs; Grafting Away at Complex Graphs; Chapter 11: Trying out Your Numeracy Skills: On-Screen Practice Questions; Having a Go Yourself: The Tests; Checking How You Did: Test Answers; Part IV: Timed Practice Tests ; Chapter 12: Practising Literacy Tests under Timed Conditions Putting Your Literacy Skills to the Test; Checking Your Answers; Chapter 13: Tackling the Timed Numeracy Test; Practising Numeracy Questions; Checking Your Answers; Part V: The Part of Tens; Chapter 14: Ten Top T ips for Keeping Your Head; Breathing Well; Sitting up Straight; Talking Kindly To Yourself; Making Studying a Habit; Knowing What's Coming; Using a Last-Minute Cheat Sheet; Thinking Creatively; Keeping Your Notes Neat; Pressing the Reset Button; Focusing on the Result; Chapter 15: Ten Tricks for Acing Your Numeracy Test ; Reading the Exam Question Properly
• Sommario/riassunto: If you're preparing for the newly revised Numeracy and Literacy Skills Tests, Teacher's Skills Tests For Dummies is your one-stop for both exams, providing you with subject-matter review, revision and practice tests you need to tackle the tests with confidence and succeed. Written by expert authors in Maths, English, and Education (with the credentials to prove it), Teacher's Skills Tests For Dummies provides you with:- A review of the key maths and English concepts you need to know to do well- Full length practice tests and tons of additional practice quest
• Titolo autorizzato: Teachers' skills tests for dummies
• ISBN: 1-118-67357-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910453418603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: --For dummies.