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Preparing Students for Testing and Doing Better in School - Book Cover Look Inside

Preparing Students for Testing and Doing Better in School

By: Rona F. Flippo

Foreword by P. David Pearson

Help students master test taking through preparation strategies that lead to academic success!

This practical guide provides teachers with interactive techniques and research-based practices to ensure secondary students' academic and test-taking success, including for high-profile tests such as the SAT. The book includes charts, checklists, and Internet resources; provides sample exercises and a final test covering content from each chapter; and demonstrates how teachers can help students develop: 

  • Strategies for dealing with test anxiety
  • Effective time management and organizational skills
  • Note-taking and study techniques applicable across content areas
  • Methods for taking essay and objective tests

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Preparing Students for Testing and Doing Better in School - Book Cover Look Inside
Product Details
  • Grade Level: PreK-12
  • ISBN: 9781412953740
  • Published By: Corwin
  • Year: 2008
  • Page Count: 200
  • Publication date: March 12, 2014
Price: $41.95
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"Teachers will want to run—not walk—to get a copy of this book. Test preparation is an important real-life skill, and this book provides step-by-step guidance to help students learn how to prepare for tests and demonstrate what they know."
—Linda B. Gambrell, Distinguished Professor of Education
Clemson University

"If you want to help students become test-smart, this is the book for you. Rona Flippo is masterful at making a potentially difficult task—taking tests—easy to teach."
—Richard T. Vacca, Professor Emeritus
Kent State University

"All teachers and parents should read this book! It is one of the best I've read about practical approaches to test taking and studying in the current high-stakes era."
—Rosalie Fink, Professor of Literacy
Lesley University

Help students master test taking through preparation strategies that lead to academic success!

As the stakes on high-profile student tests such as the SAT continue to rise, student preparedness is becoming increasingly important. As a result, helping students do well on tests and succeed in school has become a top priority for teachers. This indispensable guide responds to this need by providing resources to promote content learning and test-taking abilities in middle and secondary school students.

This practical text provides charts, checklists, Internet resources, and sample exercises for teachers to use with students, plus a final test covering content from each chapter. Using research-based practices, educators will be able to help students develop

  • Strategies for dealing with test anxiety
  • Effective time management and organizational skills
  • Note-taking and study techniques applicable across content areas
  • Methods for taking essay and objective tests

Use these proven tools and strategies to help your students develop the skills and confidence that lead to positive academic experiences.


Key features

  • Presents interactive strategies for teachers that include research-based practices to use with students
  • Describes how teachers can help students assess their school assignments and develop time-management and organization skills
  • Offers techniques for teachers to prepare students for studying, note-taking, tests, and high-stakes assessments
  • Provides teachers with the information, activities, and materials they need to help students succeed in their classes, do better in school, and thrive on future tests
  • Shows teachers how to guide their students towards becoming independent learners
  • Includes reproducibles, charts, and checklists and a resource section that contains Web sites and books to help students prepare for tests
Author(s)

Author(s)

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Rona F. Flippo

Dr. Rona Flippo, currently on the Board of Directors of the International Reading Association 2012-2015, has taught in public schools and has been a professor of reading and study strategy education at various colleges and universities in the United States, including Florida, South Carolina, Georgia, Wisconsin, and Massachusetts. She is currently Professor of Education at the University of Massachusetts Boston in the College of Education and Human Development. Dr. Flippo has been a consultant for Educational Testing Services (ETS) and the Georgia Department of Education. Additionally, she has served on various Editorial Boards, on the Board of Directors of the College Reading Association (CRA/ALER), on various committees of the International Reading Association (IRA) and most currently on the Board of Directors of the International Reading Association (IRA) 2012-2015. She has published 15 other books and over 100 chapters and articles in prestigious professional books and journals; many of these publications have been on study and test-taking research and strategies. Dr. Flippo has worked extensively with elementary, middle school, high school, community college, and university students and their teachers to develop students' study and test strategies. Thousands of students and teachers have learned how to become "Prepared" for tests and for doing better in school under Dr. Flippo's tutelage.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Foreword by P. David Pearson

Acknowledgments

About the Author

How to Use This Book

Note to the Teacher

Note to the Student

Introduction

Part I. Doing Better in School

1. How to Avoid Test Panic

Preparing Mentally and Physically

Organizing Your Course Content

Chapter Summary

2. How to Develop a Game Plan

Master Test Schedule for the Term

Planning for Each Test

Test Analysis

Study Schedules for Each Test

Planning Test-Study Time

Game Plan Checklist

Chapter Summary

Part II. Preparing for All Tests

3. Strategies for Test-Study

Memorizing

Organizing Resources

Making Study Notes

Condensing Study Notes

Memorization Techniques

Chapter Summary

4. Preparing for Essay Questions and Tests

Predicting Questions

Short-Answer Questions

Long-Answe "Trace" Questions

Long-Answer "Compare and Contrast" Questions

Long-Answer "Discuss" Questions

Practicing Answers

Improving Answers With Library Research

Chapter Summary

5. Preparing for Objective Questions and Tests

Practicing Multiple-Choice Questions

Practicing Matching Questions

Practicing True/False Question

Practicing Completion Questions

Group Study for Objective Tests

Standardized Tests

Chapter Summary

Part III. Taking Tests and Doing Better

6. Getting It Together on Test Day

On the Way

In the Test Room

Before Starting to Answer

Chapter Summary

7. Taking the Essay Test

Budgeting Time

Reading the Question Carefully

Outlining the Answer

Writing Out the Answer

Re-Reading Answers

Making a Final Check

Chapter Summary

8. Taking the Objective Test

Test-Taking Steps

Test Question Cues

Answering Multiple-Choice Questions

Answering Matching Questions

Answering True/False Questions

Answering Completion Questions

When and How to Guess

Chapter Summary

A Final Word

Resources

Appendix A: A Preparing Students Final Test, Answers to Test Prep Exercises, and Answers to Final Test

Appendix B: Forms for Test Preparation and Study

Appendix C: Resources for Additional Test Preparation Assistance

Appendix D: Glossary

References

Index

Reviews

Reviews

Quote by Linda B. Gambrell, Distinguished Professor of Education, Clemson University: "Teachers will want to run—not walk—to get a copy of this book to help students do better in school. Test preparation is an important real-life skill, and this book provides step-by-step guidance to help students learn how to prepare for tests and demonstrate what they know."
"Teachers will want to run—not walk—to get a copy of this book to help students do better in school. Test preparation is an important real-life skill, and this book provides step-by-step guidance to help students learn how to prepare for tests and demonstrate what they know."
Linda B. Gambrell, Distinguished Professor of Education
Clemson University
Quote by Rosalie Fink, Professor of Literacy, Lesley University: "All teachers and parents should read this book! It is timely and important and includes powerful, research-based strategies that will help students learn more and succeed on tests throughout the challenging years of middle school, high school, and college. Each chapter reveals superb, practical tips that every student should know, including ways to avoid test panic and to prepare for every kind of test imaginable. This is one of the best books I’ve read about practical approaches to test-taking and studying in the current high-stakes testing era."
"All teachers and parents should read this book! It is timely and important and includes powerful, research-based strategies that will help students learn more and succeed on tests throughout the challenging years of middle school, high school, and college. Each chapter reveals superb, practical tips that every student should know, including ways to avoid test panic and to prepare for every kind of test imaginable. This is one of the best books I’ve read about practical approaches to test-taking and studying in the current high-stakes testing era."
Rosalie Fink, Professor of Literacy
Lesley University
Quote by Richard T. Vacca, Professor Emeritus, Kent State University: "If you want to help students become test-smart, this is the book for you. Rona Flippo is masterful at making a potentially difficult task—taking tests—easy to teach. She provides teachers with an instructional road map that will not only help students get organized for test-taking, but will also show them how to study for and answer essay and objective questions."
"If you want to help students become test-smart, this is the book for you. Rona Flippo is masterful at making a potentially difficult task—taking tests—easy to teach. She provides teachers with an instructional road map that will not only help students get organized for test-taking, but will also show them how to study for and answer essay and objective questions."
Richard T. Vacca, Professor Emeritus
Kent State University
Quote by Richard Robinson, Professor, University of Missouri-Columbia: "While written for teachers, this book contains much practical knowledge on how students can adequately prepare for and successfully complete the many different types of assessments they face each day in school."
"While written for teachers, this book contains much practical knowledge on how students can adequately prepare for and successfully complete the many different types of assessments they face each day in school."
Richard Robinson, Professor
University of Missouri-Columbia
Quote by Ed Fry, Professor Emeritus, Rutgers University, Author of The Reading Teacher's Book of Lists: "Testing is an important part of school life. Some students do not do well on tests—not because they don't know the subject matter, but because they don't know how to effectively take or study for the test. This book will help with both of those problems. You can count on the author’s solid advice."
"Testing is an important part of school life. Some students do not do well on tests—not because they don't know the subject matter, but because they don't know how to effectively take or study for the test. This book will help with both of those problems. You can count on the author’s solid advice."
Ed Fry, Professor Emeritus, Rutgers University
Author of The Reading Teacher's Book of Lists
Quote by From the Foreword by P. David Pearson: "Rona Flippo has done it again—given teachers and students a wonderful gift in the form of a book that demystifies this phenomenon we call testing! We should all be grateful that Flippo cares as much as she does about the plight of students and the goals of teachers committed to helping them become the type of students they would like to be."
"Rona Flippo has done it again—given teachers and students a wonderful gift in the form of a book that demystifies this phenomenon we call testing! We should all be grateful that Flippo cares as much as she does about the plight of students and the goals of teachers committed to helping them become the type of students they would like to be."
From the Foreword by P. David Pearson

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