Praxis II Middle School Science (0439) Exam Secrets Study Guide: Praxis II Test Review for the Praxis II: Subject Assessments | 
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Publisher: Morrison Media LLC
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Publication Date: 2008
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Praxis II Middle School Science (0439) Exam Secrets helps you ace the Praxis II: Subject Assessments, without weeks and months of endless studying. Our comprehensive Praxis II Middle School Science (0439) Exam Secrets study guide is written by our exam experts, who painstakingly researched every topic and concept that you need to know to ace your test. Our original research reveals specific weaknesses that you can exploit to increase your exam score more than you've ever imagined. Praxis II Middle School Science (0439) Exam Secrets includes: The 5 Secret Keys to Praxis II Test Success: Time Is Your Greatest Enemy, Guessing is Not Guesswork, Practice Smarter, Not Harder, Prepare, Don't Procrastinate, Test Yourself; Introduction to the Praxis II Exam Series including: Praxis Assessment Explanation, Two Kinds of Praxis Assessments, Understanding the ETS; A comprehensive General Strategy review including: Make Predictions, Answer the Question, Benchmark, Valid Information, Avoid 'Fact Traps', Milk the Question, The Trap of Familiarity, Eliminate Answers, Tough Questions, Brainstorm, Read Carefully, Face Value, Prefixes, Hedge Phrases, Switchback Words, New Information, Time Management, Contextual Clues, Don't Panic, Pace Yourself, Answer Selection, Check Your Work, Beware of Directly Quoted Answers, Slang, Extreme Statements, Answer Choice Families; Along with a complete, in-depth study guide for your specific Praxis II Test, plus other special tips and secrets to help you prepare for your exam...
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Dismal, Equivalent to a Textbook Glossary July 29, 2008
Aloysius
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
It is always good to know where criticism is coming from. Let me start first by saying that I already have an elementary and social studies certification, and that I have just enough elective credits to be certified in middle school science. My collegiate credits were in biology and ecology, enough for an MS certificate, but not enough for a major science content area certificate. I thought this book would suffice in helping me refresh my middle school memory on the other science areas that I did not take college classes in (physics, chemistry, etc); I thought wrong.
To start, the book is spotted with many errors - typographical, formatting, and content-based. Sometimes they are minor ones that just stand out, but sometimes they are serious enough to ruin the integrity of an entire section of the book (the review on electricity circuits, for example, makes constant references to a non-existent visual aid).
Regarding the book's content, the book is about 160 pages, approximately fifty of which are suggestions on how to take a test. The remaining hundred-odd pages are science content. The content is entirely in the format of a textbook glossary. There are countless definitions of each and every scientific term, but it is up to the reader to find the relationships between the terms and to understand how that term or those terms actually work and function in a scientific system. A simple example is that the book defines valence electrons, but leaves the reader on his/her own to understand how chemical bonding works. Also note that there is NO PRACTICE EXAM included.
I used this as my primary source of review for the MS Science Praxis, and came away from the Praxis with quite a feeling of uncertainty. I have used other review books for other Praxis tests before. Though none were perfect, none were this poor, either. This book does review some (not nearly all) of the content necessary for its relevant exam, albeit in horrifically poor fashion, and for that, I award it one star. A lack of alternative products that give better review for your buck is the only thing that stops me from shunning this product completely.
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