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REAs CSET: Multiple Subjects Plus Writing Skills Test Prep with TestWare CDGets You Certified and in the Classroom!
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Written by an education expert, the targeted review covers every subject and question type tested on the exam: language and literature, history and social science, science, mathematics, physical education, human development, and visual and performing arts. A special section on the CSET Writing Skills Test with sample essays is also included.
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Take your teaching career to the head of the class.CSET MULTIPLE SUBJECTS, PLUS WRITING SKILLS
2nd Edition
For California Licensure
Are you prepared to excel on the CSET?
* Get to know the test, how it is scored, and much more.
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* This book contains a comprehensive review that focuses on all subject areas and skills of the CSET Multiple Subjects and Writing Skills exams
* Fully aligned with California competency requirements for certification
* Lessons reinforce necessary skills
* Key tutorials enhance specific abilities needed on the test
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ARE YOU READY TO TEACH IN CALIFORNIA? THEN USE THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE ON THE MARKET TODAY. CSET: MULTIPLE SUBJECTS plus Writing Skills Examination
The Most Complete Subject ReviewEverything you need to know for the CSET: Multiple Subjects exam, prepared by specialists in teacher education. Comprehensive review chapters cover all the subjects and skills tested on the exam. A special section on the CSET: Writing Skills Test with sample essays is also included. The Best Practice Exams Available
2 full-length practice exams based on the official CSET - balanced to include every topic and type of question you can expect on the actual CSET: Multiple Subjects exam. Total Explanations of Questions & Answers
Each practice exam comes with detailed feedback on every question. We dont just say which answers are right - but explain why the others are wrong, so youll be prepared on test day! Proven Test Prep Methods
REAs focused CSET: Multiple Subjects content and practical advice have helped millions succeed on their exams. With our step-by-step plan, you can score high on the CSET and get certified to teach in California! Federal Guidelines for NCLB Compliance
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REAs CSET: Multiple Subjects TestWare combines a realistic test environment with the most powerful scoring analysis and diagnostic tools available. With every practice test you take, youll gain knowledge and confidence for the real exam. Automatic scoring and instant reports help you zero in on the topics and types of questions that give you trouble now, so youll succeed on the CSET!
About the Author
Jean O. Charney, Ph.D., received her Ph.D. in Linguistics, her M.A. in Linguistics, and her B.A. in Anthropology from the University of Colorado. Her doctoral dissertation was “A Grammatical Sketch of the Comanche Language.” From 1985 to the present, she has worked as an expert freelance editor, researcher, writer, and transcriber.
From 1977 through 1980, Dr. Charney was research assistant for a Siouan Languages Archiving Project at her alma mater. For 10 years beginning in 1987, she was production manager and editor of oral history projects for the Nebraska counties of Nye, Lincoln, Eureka, and Esmeralda.
In the 1990s, she helped create manuscripts of ethnographic studies of small communities for the AMS Press and prepared dictionary and grammatical materials for the Southern Ute Indian Tribes language preservation program. From 1999 through 2006, she was a Composition Aide in the Poudre R-1 School District in Fort Collins, Colorado. For the past five years she has done work as an Editorial Assistant at the Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, published by the American Meteorological Society.
In 1994, Dr. Charney published A Grammar of Comanche with the University of Nebraska Press. Along with this publication, she is a co-author of REAs test preparation book for the ACT.
Michelle DenBeste, Ph.D., is Associate Professor and Chair of the history department at California State University, Fresno. Dr. DenBeste continues to actively research, discuss and publish material in the fields of Russian history and the history of women. Her numerous publications include "Emerging Professionalism: Women Physicians in Late Imperial Russia", published in Review Journal of Philosophy and Social Science (Vol. XXVII, 2002, 275-294) and “Publish or Perish? The Scientific Publications of Women Physicians in Late Imperial Russia,” in Dynamis: The International Journal of the History of Medicine, Vol. 19, 1999, 215-240. She has also been actively involved in creating and teaching the World History course at Fresno State University, and sponsoring conference panels in regard to specific aspects of teaching World History.
Melissa Jordine, Ph.D., is a Lecturer in the history department at California State University, Fresno. Dr. Jordine teaches courses on World History, Modern European History and Military History. She has presented papers at both regional and national conferences and is currently working on an article relating to the image of Erwin Rommel and the German forces who fought in North Africa during World War II. She has also been actively involved in the San Joaquin History Social Science Project. This project sponsors summer seminars and lectures designed to increase the knowledge of secondary school teachers in regard to current scholarship and resources relating to topics covered by the California Social Science Standards.
James L. Love, M.A.T., teaches part-time at Richland College, Dallas, Texas, and runs a tutoring service. He has taught Advanced Placement- and International Baccalaureate-level physics in Texas secondary schools and holds two advanced degrees from the University of Texas at Dallas. In the course of his distinguished teaching career, Mr. Love, now semi-retired, won a number of National Science Foundation and U.S. Department of Energy awards for advanced study and training at national labs, including Kitt Peak Observatory, the Fermi Laboratory, and the Thomas Jefferson Laboratory. He continues a seven-year association with International Baccalaureate as an examiner for extended essays in physics.
Maire Mullins, Ph.D., serves as Co-editor and Poetry Editor of the journal Christianity and Literature and teaches as a Visiting Lecturer in the Social Action and Justice Seminar at Pepperdine University. Her articles on Walt Whitman have appeared in Tulsa Studies in Womens Literature, The Walt Whitman Quarterly Review, The Walt Whitman Encyclopedia (Garland P, 1998), Tohoku Journal of American Studies (Sendai, Japan), and The American Transcendental Quarterly. She has also written articles on Willa Cather, Hisaye Yamamoto, Isak Dinesen, and William Butler Yeats, and published in the journal Academic Leader.
Ted Nickel, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus in psychology at Fresno Pacific University, received his B.A. from Tabor College and his M.A. and Ph.D. in psychology from UCLA. His desire always has been to be a teacher. Several years teaching at the elementary level, including special education, concluded in teaching at the college level for 31 years. During that period he taught in the Early Childhood Education Program at UCLA under Norma Feshbach, at the University of Tulsa, Tabor College, and for 18 years at Fresno Pacific University. His long career also included several administrative positions (Associate Dean of Arts and Sciences at University of Tulsa, Vice President at Tabor College, and Dean of the Graduate School at Fresno Pacific University). He has been an active reviewer of books and films, primarily for Scientific American, has presented papers at conventions, and has been published in refereed journals. Skiing and the building and flying of airplanes are his primary avocational interests.
Jin H. Yan, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor of kinesiology at California State University, East Bay, at Hayward. He received his Ph.D. and post-doctoral training from Arizona State University, and an M.A. from San Jose State University. His area of expertise is in the field of lifespan/developmental motor control and learning. Over the last 10 years Dr. Yan has worked extensively with individuals at all ages and with various levels of motor, physical, and cognitive capabilities (including motor disorders of children with ADHD or learning disabilities, and seniors with Alzheimers disease). He enjoys physical activities like basketball, golfing, and swimming.
Table of Contents
CHAPTER 1 PASSING THE CSET: MULTIPLE SUBJECTSKnow the Format
About This Book & TestWare®
Scoring the CSET
Studying for the CSET
CSET Test-Taking Strategies
The Day of the Test
CSET Study Schedule CHAPTER 2 READING, LANGUAGE, AND LITERATURE REVIEW
Prose
Poetry
Language and Linguistics
CHAPTER 3 HISTORY AND SOCIAL SCIENCE REVIEW
World History: Ancient Civilizations Through Early Modern Times
River Valley Civilizations
The Rise of Advanced Civilizations
Trade and Migration in the Ancient World
Rise of World Religions
Civilizations in the Middle Ages
Renaissance, Reformation, and Enlightenment
United States History: Pre-Colonial Times Through the Industrial Era
Beginnings of European Exploration
Beginnings of English Colonization
PRACTICE TEST 1
Subtest I: Reading, Language & Literature; History & Social Science
Constructed-Response Questions
Subtest II: Science, Mathematics
Constructed-Response Questions
Subtest III: Physical Education, Human Development, Visual and Performing Arts
Constructed-Response Questions
Answer Key
Detailed Explanations
PRACTICE TEST 2
Subtest I: Reading, Language & Literature; History & Social Science
Constructed-Response Questions
Subtest II: Science, Mathematics
Constructed-Response Questions
Subtest III: Physical Education, Human Development, Visual and Performing Arts
Constructed-Response Questions
Answer Key
Detailed Explanations
APPENDIX: CSET: WRITING SKILLS TEST
Review and Sample Essays INDEX
INSTALLING REAs TestWare®