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001 2008009140
003 DLC
005 20090828090103.0
008 080227s2008 ilua 000 0 eng
010 $a 2008009140
020 $a9781402211850
020 $a1402211856
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn213222671
037 $a1286632$bQBI
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dQBX$dBTCTA$dBAKER$dDLC
050 00 $aLB3060.57$b.G77 2008
082 00 $a372.126$222
100 1 $aGruber, Gary R.
240 10 $aEssential guide to test taking for kids
245 10 $aGruber's essential guide to test taking.$pGrades 3-5 /$cGary Gruber.
246 30 $aEssential guide to test taking
246 30 $aTest taking
260 $aNaperville, Ill. :$bSourcebooks,$cc2008.
300 $a160 p. :$bill. ;$c28 cm.
500 $a"Originally published in 1986 by William Morrow and Company, Inc."--T.p. verso.
521 $a"Grades 3-5."
505 0 $aIntroduction 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.
650 0 $aTest-taking skills.
650 0 $aExaminations$vStudy guides.
856 41 $3Table of contents only$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy0904/2008009140.html