Praxis II

When do you plan to take the Praxis II exam for your subject area?

April 2011.

What is the minimum score that you must earn on the exam to qualify for your initial teaching license?

History endorsement: 156

Look at the topics covered in your exam. What do you need to do to fully prepare for this test?

For World and US History I must know World History: Prehistory to 1400 CE, World History: 1400-1914, World History: 1914-Present, United States History to 1791, United States History 1791-1877 and United States History: 1877 to the Present. The exam in 120 multiple-choice questions assessing knowledge of historical facts and movements and comprehension of historical trends and theories across the content areas of world and United states History. Questions will asses understanding of historical analysis: cause adn effect, evaluating sources, points of view, and interpretations; change and continuity over time; and comparisons at multiple levels.

Look at the sample questions for your exam. Can you answer them?

I can answer most of the questions, but not all of them. This makes me really nervous. It looks like I need to study a lot more before I go and take this. I am not very good at multiple choice tests, because I completely overanalyze every answer. Instead of searching my brain for the answer, sometimes I read the question and the answers and think the teacher administering the test is trying to trick me. Then I start to analyze all the wording of the answers and guess which one is correct based on how it is worded, instead of which answer is correct.

When do you plan to take the Praxis II PLT?

I do not know when I will take the Praxis II PLT.

Look at the topics covered on the Praxis II PLT exam. Compare them with the Table of Contents in our textbook and your syllabi/textbooks for any other Education classes you have taken/are taking. What do you need to do as a student to prepare for this exam?

Student Development and the Learning Process

Students as Diverse Learners

Student Motivation and the Learning Environment

I think that most of my education classes have covered most of these topics. What I will need to do before I take the Praxis II PLT is review my notes from previous classes and review the textbooks. A lot of the topics on the PLT are topics that we are going to cover in Educational Psychology. In fact, a lot of them we have already covered.

Look at the sample essay and multiple choice questions for the PLT. How does this preview of the test change your perspective of your coursework and how you study?

I guess I never really realized that I would be tested again on all of the stuff that I am learning in school. So often I think that once I am done taking an exam or writing a paper, I am done with that information forever. This is clearly not true. I am going to need to recall all of this information later in my life so I can be a teacher.