I plan on taking the Praxis II (elementary) exam in either March or April. Has anyone here used a helpful study guide?
Part of my problem is I will only be licensed to teach up to 3rd grade, but will be tested to 6th grade, and I have no clue what 6th graders are expected to know.

I see a bunch of study guides out there, but most of them seem to cover a wide range of Praxis exams. I'd prefer putting money towards one that will cover the one I will be taking only.

If anyone knows of a good one, please let me know!

I still haven't taken Praxis I yet. I would be interested in finding a good study guide for that. Sorry, didn't mean to hijack your thread.

I don't need to take the Praxis I, so I don't know much about it.
Hijack is fine.
I did register to take the II in April, and ordered a study guide from the site itself- http://www.ets.org/praxis
It was $35 with shipping. I don't know if it's th ebest one or not, but I figure it's something.

My school offers a Praxis Prep class in the summer that I'm going to take. It actually transfers to the edu program which is great! I am hoping that will help me. Oh, and we have a speaker coming in tomorrow night to talk to us about the Praxis. I'll ask her for any recommendations on a Praxis II guide for you.

Awesome- thanks!

Our school does offer Praxis study guides, but they are the same ones I ordered, and they only allow you to check them out for 24 hours.

The company that makes up the Praxis has a list of study guides out. I can't remember now who makes out the test, but it's the same place that does the SAT's. The lady that came to speak to us recommed those, or the Barrons study guides. She said she used the Barrons in her Praxis Prep Class. HTH!!

Thanks, Shewhois! I appreciate you asking.
I did buy the one from the Praxis website. Maybe I should get the Barron one as well.

Oh you are so welcome!! I'll be taking that Praxis in a few years also. Just as soon as I figure out what my DFA will be in. LOL I'm thinking history, sociolgy or English.

MHM, the Praxis II is a breeze. You won't have any trouble with it even without the guides. The ones that NTS sends out are actually pretty good.

Thanks, EQ.
I'm not worried that it's stuff I haven't ever learned- mor ehtat it's been so long since I went over some of that stuff, I'm not sure I remember it. Like the Constitution, history stuff, etc. I just need to brush up on those things we learn and then don't use for 30 years.

Maybe I'll check out the guide they send before buying anything else.

The study guide is scaring me.

-What are the theologial and cultural differences of Islamic civilizations from other belief systems?

-How did immigration to the United States in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries differ from pre-Civil War immigration?

-How does a comparison of life in Athens and Sparta illuminate differences among nations in the world today?

-What were the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation that eventually led to its replacement by the Constitution?

-What do electron-microscope pictures show us about cell shape?

-How are the inner planets of the solar system different from the outer planets?



2 hours of this??? Good hell.

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