I just took the 0081 (Secondary) two weeks ago. I studied for a
couple of weeks; however, Bud is correct -- it really DOES test
your acquired knowledge over time. I used the Cliffs book and
the ETS Study Guide - those gave me an idea of how "random" the
questions would be.
I then read through World History textbooks, reviewed my US
History notes, and read some American History texts to go over
the things I knew I did not know.
I took the test and did not feel comfortable when I left it --
there were 12 questions that I just did not know the answers to
(I left them blank and went back to work through them) That was
out of 130 questions. (But, I have to remind myself that I am
one those anal people who HAVE to know ALL the answers! ha,ha)
You just can't know ALL the answers on this test.
Go through the ETS study Guide, and pay attention to what you do
NOT know - don't get flustered by it - just then take the time to
read up on it and absorb. Be sure to review what you DO know,
because some of the questions were very detailed -- it wasn't a
real "survey" of a test (which I thought it would be).
It was heavy on History, be sure to review Economics. Little of
sociology and psychology -- those you'll know just from your
education courses, in fact, some theorists were mentioned having
to do with psychology. So, pay attention to the ETS guide - that
will tell you the percentage of questions from each category
accurately.
Good luck (I'm still keeping my fingers crossed! Two more weeks
until I find out the results.)
~~MB
On 5/09/08, Janice wrote:
> Would you give me the titles of the textbooks you used to
> prepare for the 0089 exam? Thank you!
>
> 1/04/08, CC wrote:
>> You can study for it but I am not sure that there is a way
>> of really narrowing down the material. The guidelines are
>> very general and basically say study everything. I took and
>> passed the test with a good score and I found it
>> challenging. I would start with a good world history and
>> u.s. history textbook.
>>
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