CBEST
By: Allan Mundsack with Charlotte Doctor.
Contributors: Doctor, Charlotte.; Mundsack, Allan.; Kaplan, Inc.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Kaplan Pub.
Published: 2006
Place of publication: New York, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 420
ISBN-13: 9781419542251
Subjects: California Basic Educational Skills Test -- Study guides.
Genres: Study guides.
Other titles: Kaplan CBEST : California basic education skills test; Kaplan California basic education skills test; California basic education skills test
Notes: Rev. ed. of: CBEST, c2004.
Table of contents: title: Section 1. Introduction; title: 1. Overview of the test; title: What is the CBEST?; title: Format; title: Scoring; title: 2. Strategies to prepare for the test; title: Kaplan's top 10 test-taking strategies; title: Stress management; title: 3. Diagnostic test; title: Diagnostic test; title: Answer key; title: Answers and explanations; title: section 2. Reading; title: 4. Reading section overview; title: General skill building; title: Reading comprehension questions; title: Research skills questions; title: Critical analysis and evaluation questions; title: What you can do; title: One last thing; title: 5. Reading section strategies; title: Reading comprehension questions; title: Research skills questions; title: Critical analysis and evaluation questions; title: Kaplan's five-step method for reading questions; title: 6. Reading practice set; title: Practice; title: Answers and explanations; title: section 3. Mathematics; title: 7. Mathematics section overview; title: Three types of questions; title: 8. Computation and problem solving; title: Factors, divisors, and multiples; title: Prime and composite numbers; title: Lowest (least) common multiple and greatest common factor; title: Fractions; title: Mixed numbers; title: Multiplication and division of fractions; title: Ratio and proportion; title: Applications of proportions; title: Decimals; title: Converting fractions to decimals and vice versa; title: Comparing fractions and decimals; title: Percents; title: The percent proportion; title: Applications of the percent proportion; title: 9. Measurement, geometry, and statistics; title: Basic measurement facts; title: Unit fractions and conversions; title: Perimeters and areas; title: Circles; title: Angle measurement; title: Parallel lines; title: Triangles; title: Lines, segments, and angels in circles; title: Statistics; title: Measures of relative standing; title: Probability; title: 10. Algebra and graphic relations; title: Three meanings of the - sign; title: Absolute value; title: Signed numbers; title: Exponents; title: Square root; title: Order of operations; title: Simplifying radicals; title: Solving equations; title: Polynomials; title: Factoring; title: Graphing; title: Applications of graphing; title: Word problems; title: section 4. Writing; title: 11. Writing section overview; title: Format; title: Scoring; title: 12. Writing section strategies; title: Useful strategies for approaching the writing test; title: Kaplan's five-step method for writing essays; title: What will the evaluator look for?; title: How can you be in top form?; title: Two types of essays on the CBEST; title: Writing practice with sample essays; title: Further writing practice; title: section 5. Practice tests; title: Practice test one; title: Answer key; title: Answers and explanations; title: Practice test two; title: Answer key; title: Answers and explanations; title: Practice test three; title: Answer key; title: Answers and explanations; title: section 6. CBEST resources; title: Resource one : word roots; title: Resource two : vocabulary word list; title: Resource three : getting started : advice for new teachers.