| |
Three Keys to Success
1. Preparing for the Praxis Exams
According to ETS...unprepared candidates represent the majority of failures
 | Students overestimate their preparedness
| 90% of candidates leaving tests say they did OK |
| Many of them are mistaken |
| 33% leaving tests say they…
| Didn’t review the TAAG |
| Didn’t review texts or notes |
| Didn’t prepare in any way |
| These represent the majority of failures |
|
|
Use PEpraxis.com... as it is intended
| General study guide |
| Identify areas of weakness |
| Don't just concentrate on questions and answers - understand the content the questions
address |
| Assuming sample questions included on this site are the actual test questions and
limiting preparation to the examples included is a recipe for failure! |
Know what is on the test... really get to know the exam
| Study the appropriate Tests at a Glance |
| Study this web site and use PEpraxis.com as intended |
| Read all the information on this site about the Praxis exams test preparation |
| Familiarize yourself with the exam's format and content |
| Assess yourself using similar formats and techniques
| Print out and take the sample test on this site |
| Make your own mock exam, constructed response exam, or videotaped exam |
|
Know How to Take the Praxis Exams
| On 0091 the multiple choice test... answer all the questions
| Leave no multiple choice questions unanswered |
| Eliminate unlikely choices then guess from the rest
|
|
| On 0092 the analysis and design questions you should follow my guidelines for answering
constructed response questions - See the
General Tips page
|
| There are lots of diagrams and you will have to read charts and graphs on both the
Content Knowledge and Constructed Response tests.
| Most of the diagrams have to do with motor development. |
| For example, looking at an two different illustrations, can you determine which
illustration depicts the more mature motor skill performance?
|
|
| There are also some charts on interpreting and analyzing fitness and wellness data.
| For example, if given a FitnessGram printout, could you determine the fitness level of
that child and design a fitness program specifically for him or her? |
|
3. The Praxis State of Mind
Understand the "Developmental Perspective"
| It is a disposition, an attitude, or a way of looking at physical education |
| It is the dominate point of view in physical education today
|
| Remember that "developmentally appropriate physical education" is the model for the
Praxis physical education exams
|
| Get into the "Praxis State of Mind" and take a "developmental perspective"
into the test with you. In my opinion, understanding physical education from a developmental
perspective is essential to doing well on the Praxis Physical Education Exams.
| I have included some pages on the developmental perspective. You may want to visit
those pages now or you may wait until you finish this page. Just be sure to include the
"developmental perspective" in your test preparations.
|
| The developmental perspective and Motor Development provides the background knowledge
necessary for correctly answering many of the questions. |
|
|
|
