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CSET: Multiple Subjects (Cliffs Test Prep)
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by Jerry, Ph.D. Bobrow and Stephen Fisher
Sales Rank: 34368
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Cover Type: Paperback with 560 pages
Published by: Cliffs Notes September 5, 2003
Written in: English
ISBN 10 Number: 0764539833
ISBN 13 Number: 978-0764539831
Book Dimensions:
10.6 x 8.3 x 1.5 inches
Weighs: 2 pounds
Product Description
The CliffsTestPrep series offers full-length practice exams that simulate the real tests; proven test-taking strategies to increase your chances at doing well; and thorough review exercises to help fill in any knowledge gaps.
CliffsTestPrep CSET can help you prepare for the California Subject Examination Test: Multiple Subjects. The Commission on Teacher Credentialing uses the CSET to evaluate subject matter competence for instructors seeking the Multiple Subject Teaching Credential. Inside this test prep tool, you'll find - Full-length practice tests with answers and in-depth explanations
- Analysis of exam areas and question types with emphasis on suggested approaches and samples
- Intensive review of subjects using outlines, glossaries, and diagnostic tests
- Introduction to the format and scoring of the exam, overall strategies for answering multiple-choice questions, and questions commonly asked about the CSET
- Some test-taking tips and reminders to put candidates on the right track
This book will help you understand the types of questions that will test your knowledge in seven general areas, including Visual and Performing Arts. You can get ready to show what you know in topics such as - Sentence structure, preferred usage, and conventional forms of spelling, capitalization, and punctuation in written English
- United States and California history of early exploration through modern-day economic, political, and cultural development
- The basics of mathematics with focus on prime numbers, factors, integers, ratio, area, volume, perpendicular, and more
- Primary scientific concepts, principles, and interrelationships in the context of real-life problems and significant science phenomena and issues
- Concepts of biomechanics that affect movement and the critical elements of basic movement skills
- Social development of children and young adolescents, including persons with special requirements
- Components of dance, music, theatre, and visuals arts education
With guidance from the CliffsTestPrep series, you'll feel at home in any standardized-test environment! (For additional help, be sure to visit the Test Prep Think Tank for free online resources.)
Back Cover Copy
Your complete guide to a high score on the new CSET: Multiple Subjects test
Why CliffsTestPrep Guides?
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Written by test prep specialists
About the contents:
Introduction - Action plan for doing your best
- Basic overall strategies
- Description and format of the exam
- Commonly asked questions
Part I Analysis of Exam Areas - Successful strategies for every subtest
- Analysis of every question type
- Special section on how to understand charts, graphs, maps, cartoons, and diagrams
Part II Review of Exam Areas - Short, intensive reviews of reading, language and literature, history and social science, math, science, physical education, human development, and visual and performing arts
- Outlines, glossaries, and diagnostic tests in selected areas
Part III Two Full-Length Practice Examinations with Answers and Explanations
Test Prep Essentials from the Experts at CliffsNotes
Reader Reviews
I just received my scores for the CSET exam, and I passed ALL THREE subtests on my first try, and all taken on the same day, thanks in large part to Cliff's CSET test prep book by Jerry Bobrow and Stephen Fisher. There was a test prep workshop that I enrolled in that recommended the MSAT book by Research & Education Association. However, the CSET exam replaces the MSAT exam; the reason given for using the older MSAT book was because it contained more detail in the history and literature sections. To this day, I never opened the MSAT book; rather, I used the Cliff's CSET book extensively. Here is how the Cliff's CSET book worked for me: First, I studied the CSET Web site (URL: http://www.cset.nesinc.com/) to find out exactly what the exam was all about. There is a link that provides you with a comprehensive outline of the subject matter requirements that you are responsible for on the CSET. Print this out and study it! THEN, I started reviewing Cliff's CSET book and saw how closely it mirrored the official CSET Web site's content requirements that would be tested for on the exam. It was this organization, and additional detail not found on the CSET official Web site, that helped me tremendously in preparing for the exam. Second, after reviewing each section in the Cliff's CSET book, I referred to a series of books that provided additional detail. I have read complaints about this book not having enough detail from other reviews of this book. I also read reviews that recommended supplementing this lack of detail with a series of books by Hirsch: "What Your 4th (or 5th or 6th) Grader Needs to Know." When I took a look at these books, I said to myself, they are good resources if you have the time to sift through them all by grade. But I am a busy mom raising gradeschool children, trying to maximize my time studying in order to work towards obtaining my teaching credential. I am also 40-something with a several-year period break in my career to raise kids, and I don't remember a thing about what I learned in gradeschool. I referred to a series of books that were a TREMENDOUS help to me, and moreso in a shorter period of time: the "Everything You Need to Know About (World History, American History, Science, English, Geography, and Math) Homework" series by Anne Zeman and Kate Kelly. I purchased all six (there are more, but I focused only on the key subject areas). You can either buy them new or used, or check your local library. If you are a visual learner like I am, these books are for you. Third, having reviewed the CSET Web site, reviewing all sections of the Cliff's CSET test prep book, reviewing content areas in more detail using the homework series of books, I then took the entire Practice Test 1 in the Cliff's book. For those that I missed, I read the detailed analysis of what the correct answers were, and why. The Cliff's book does an EXCELLENT job of explaining the answers to each question. Once I reviewed my mistakes, and tallied my scores, which the book tells you how to do, I then took Practice Test 2. I also made sure that I answered all of the practice essay exam questions. Again, the book does an EXCELLENT job of describing to you how to approach answering the essay questions. When you review the breakdown of the entire CSET exam, you will see that the essay questions are worth a lot of your score. But if you practice the ones in the book, you will realize that you do not have to write perfectly written prose to answer the question correctly. You can make a list of your answers or draw diagrams with labels if you want to, so long as you get the main points identified. Finally, I then had two days to go before exam time - all five hours of it on an early Saturday morning. There were no surprises. And I had ten minutes to spare to double check my exam booklets that I had answered every question. The Cliff's CSET book guided my overall test taking strategy: I focused more on those content areas that were worth the most points (e.g., history, science, math, and language arts comprising Subtests I and II) and less on those areas that were worth less points (e.g., human development and the arts in Subtest III). But I did not ignore any of these subject areas. I also kept reminding myself that this is an exam of what I should know as a future teacher of gradeschool kids, and NOT as a single subject high school teacher or college professor (those require different exams [grin]). This is why I found the homework series of books I mentioned above helpful; they kept me focused on what my appropriate level of understanding should be. And it made my studying actually quite fun. Otherwise, it is very easy to get overwhlemed with too much information. I only needed to pass the exam, not get 100%. Perfection was not my goal here; a passing score that demonstrated my basic level of competency was; and I achieved that. I believe that if you focus your study around this book, you can easily test for what you know, identify what you don't know, list and prioritize the additional resources you need to refer to to get the additional content detail you require. Further, if you continue to work through the book's practice tests, it is highly probable that you will be well prepared, and with minimal surprises, when you take the actual exam. Thank you Cliff's, and thank you Jerry Bobrow and Stephen Fisher for a very effective study guide. This book definitely took the "anxiety" out of the test for me.
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