عنوان

Gruber's essential guide to test taking.dollar5Grades 3-5 /

(Number (ISBN

1402211856

(Number (ISBN

9781402211850

Number

b787035

Title Proper

Gruber's essential guide to test taking.dollar5Grades 3-5 /

General Material Designation

[Book]

First Statement of Responsibility

Gary Gruber.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Naperville, Ill. :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Sourcebooks,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

©2008.

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

160 pages :

Other Physical Details

illustrations ;

Dimensions

29 cm

Text of Note

"Originally published in 1986 by William Morrow and Company, Inc."--Title page verso.

Text of Note

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.

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Text of Note

"Grades 3-5."

Source for Acquisition/Subscription Address

QBI

Stock Number

1286632

General Material Designation

Essential guide to test taking for kids

Parallel Title

Essential guide to test taking

Parallel Title

Test taking

Examinations, Study guides.

Test-taking skills.

Examinations.

Test-taking skills.

Number

Edition

Class number

Book number

Gruber, Gary R.

Date of Transaction

20201207004552.0

Electronic name

[Book]

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