PRAXIS : PPST I : basic skills 0710, 0720, 0730 / by Sharon Wynne.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wynne, Sharon.

Contributor:

XAMonline, Inc.

Series:

PRAXIS.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Teachers--Certification--United States.

Teachers.

Teaching--United States--Examinations--Study guides.

Teaching.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (285 p.)

Edition:

3rd ed.

Place of Publication:

Boston, Mass. : XAMonline, Inc., 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Teacher Certification Study guide in Basic Skills for Praxis.

Contents:

""Cover Page""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Table of Contents""; ""DOMAIN I: READING""; ""COMPETENCY 1: LITERAL COMPREHENSION""; ""Skill 1.1: Identify summaries or paraphrases of the main idea or primary purpose of a reading selection""; ""Skill 1.2: Identify summaries or paraphrases of supporting ideas""; ""Skill 1.3: Recognize how a reading selection is organized""; ""Skill 1.4: Recognize how the ideas in a selection are related to one another""; ""Skill 1.5: Recognize how key phrases and transition words are used in a reading selection""

""Skill 1.6: Identify the meanings of words as they are used in the context of a reading selection""""COMPETENCY 2: CRITICAL AND INFERENTIAL COMPREHENSION""; ""Skill 2.1: Determine the strengths and weaknesses of arguments in a reading selection""; ""Skill 2.2: Determine the relevance of evidence presented in the reading selection to the assertions made in the selection""; ""Skill 2.3: Judge if material presented is fact or opinion""; ""Skill 2.4: Draw inferences and implications from the directly stated content of a reading selection""

""Skill 2.5: Determine the author�s attitude toward the material discussed""""Skill 2.6: Draw conclusions about the material in a selection""; ""SAMPLE TEST READING""; ""Answer Key""; ""Rigor Table""; ""DOMAIN II: WRITING""; ""COMPETENCY 3: GRAMMATICAL RELATIONSHIPS""; ""Skill 3.1: Identify errors in use of adjectives and adverbs""; ""Skill 3.2: Identify errors in use of nouns""; ""Skill 3.3: Identify errors in use of pronouns""; ""Skill 3.4: Identify errors in use of verbs""; ""COMPETENCY 4: STRUCTURAL RELATIONSHIPS""; ""Skill 4.1: Identify errors in use of comparison""

""Skill 4.2: Identify errors in use of correlation""""Skill 4.3: Identify errors in use of negation""; ""Skill 4.4: Identify errors in use of parallelism""; ""Skill 4.5: Identify errors in use of coordination and subordination""; ""COMPETENCY 5: IDIOMS, WORD CHOICE, AND MECHANICS""; ""Skill 5.1: Identify errors in use of idiomatic expressions""; ""Skill 5.2: Identify errors in word choice""; ""Skill 5.3: Identify errors in use of capitalization""; ""Skill 5.4: Identify errors in use of punctuation""; ""COMPETENCY 6: ESSAY""

""Skill 6.1: Write an essay that is appropriate for the assigned task and for the intended audience""""Skill 6.2: Organize and develop ideas logically, making clear connections between them""; ""Skill 6.3: Provide and sustain a clear focus or thesis""; ""Skill 6.4: Use supporting reasons, examples, and details to clearly and logically develop the ideas presented in the essay""; ""Skill 6.5: Demonstrate facility in the use of language and the ability to use a variety of sentence structures""

""Skill 6.6: Construct effective sentences that are generally free of errors in standard written English""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

1-282-69707-2

9786612697074

1-60787-689-2