Teaching Test-Taking Skills

Dr. Guinevere Durham is a retired elementary principal with education and experiences as an elementary teacher, preschool director, mother, and grandmother.

• Part 1 ConceptsChapter 2 Test-Wiseness: What, When, Why, and HowChapter 3 The Five Categories of TestsPart 4 ComputationChapter 5 Construction of Test ItemsChapter 6 Weekly Format and Sample Lesson PlansPart 7 ApplicationChapter 8 Techniques: Format FamiliarityChapter 9 Following DirectionsChapter 10 Guessing: Narrowing Selection to Two ChoicesChapter 11 Guessing: Judging AnswersChapter 12 Working BackwardsChapter 13 Key WordsChapter 14 Selecting Multiple-Choice AnswersChapter 15 PacingChapter 16 Math: Key Words, Reading Signs, EstimatingChapter 17 ComprehensionChapter 18 SequencingChapter 19 SpellingChapter 20 Maps, Graphs, Tables, and ChartsChapter 21 Social Studies, Science, and Reference SkillsChapter 22 Techniques: The Emotional FactorChapter 23 WritingPart 24 StopChapter 25 Everyone's Role: Teacher, Parent, StudentChapter 26 Wind Down and Wrap UpChapter 28 Appendix A: Definitions of Testing TermsChapter 29 Appendix B: Sample Test Answer SheetChapter 30 Appendix C: Game ChartChapter 31 Appendix D: Rules for Taking TestsChapter 32 Appendix E: Suggested Weekly Lesson PlanChapter 33 Appendix F: Daily Lesson PlanChapter 34 Appendix G: Definitions of Test DirectionsChapter 35 References

A very well thought-out, thorough, and practical format that applies an age-old experience to the challenges of a changing world....[Teaching Test-Taking Skills] helps to create a brighter future to help students, teachers, and parents to see testing as a relevant activity in the academe, where change is both expected and admired.