Full Description
The No Child Left Behind Act has standardized the proficiency requirements of students, thus challenging schools to teach, test, and be accountable for student mastery of the curriculum. Students no longer have the luxury of time to learn the mechanics of taking tests. As early as third grade, they not only must have acquired the knowledge of the material, they also have to perform on the tests that measure that knowledge.
Dr. Guinevere Durham has spent 25 years researching, writing, and implementing a program that teaches test-taking skills to students. Teaching Test-Taking Skills is filled with strategies, techniques, and activities that have been proven successful in the classroom. It is practical, user-friendly, cost effective, and compatible with any curriculum. The test scores of students taught these skills are a true assessment of their potential.
Contents
Part 1 Concepts
Chapter 2 Test-Wiseness: What, When, Why, and How
Chapter 3 The Five Categories of Tests
Part 4 Computation
Chapter 5 Construction of Test Items
Chapter 6 Weekly Format and Sample Lesson Plans
Part 7 Application
Chapter 8 Techniques: Format Familiarity
Chapter 9 Following Directions
Chapter 10 Guessing: Narrowing Selection to Two Choices
Chapter 11 Guessing: Judging Answers
Chapter 12 Working Backwards
Chapter 13 Key Words
Chapter 14 Selecting Multiple-Choice Answers
Chapter 15 Pacing
Chapter 16 Math: Key Words, Reading Signs, Estimating
Chapter 17 Comprehension
Chapter 18 Sequencing
Chapter 19 Spelling
Chapter 20 Maps, Graphs, Tables, and Charts
Chapter 21 Social Studies, Science, and Reference Skills
Chapter 22 Techniques: The Emotional Factor
Chapter 23 Writing
Part 24 Stop
Chapter 25 Everyone's Role: Teacher, Parent, Student
Chapter 26 Wind Down and Wrap Up
Chapter 28 Appendix A: Definitions of Testing Terms
Chapter 29 Appendix B: Sample Test Answer Sheet
Chapter 30 Appendix C: Game Chart
Chapter 31 Appendix D: Rules for Taking Tests
Chapter 32 Appendix E: Suggested Weekly Lesson Plan
Chapter 33 Appendix F: Daily Lesson Plan
Chapter 34 Appendix G: Definitions of Test Directions
Chapter 35 References
