Preparing for the Texas Prek-4 Teacher Certification: A Guide to the Comprehensive Texes Content Areas Exam

I took the TExES 4-8 generalist exam and couldn't find ANYTHING worth buying to help me prepare for the exam. A friend let me borrow her copy of this book. Even though it is written for those taking the EC-4 generalist exam, it has an EXCELLENT outline of U.S., Texas, and World history. This information helped me remember facts that I had long since forgotten. There was also some information relating to ELA that I found helpful when taking the test. The math and science sections in this book probably won't help you much on the 4-8 test, as those are tested at a much more difficult level than EC-4. I would recommend using 7th/8th grade science and math textbooks to help you study for those portions of the 4-8 test. However, this book is a great resource for SS and ELA!! BTW - I passed my test. :)

This book is wonderful! It explains everything you need to know for the exam and offers helpful insights to why a certain answer is right or why a certain answer is wrong. I passed my exam on the first try. This book is a must buy!

I can't say enough about how great this book is. I have been in an EC-4 alternative certification program for only a month and a half and I just passed the Texes EC-4 content exam on my first try--and it's all because of this book! It includes practice questions for all content areas and offers explanations about right and wrong answers. The book is set up in a way that makes studying easy. Don't waste your time with any other study guides!!

This book is extremely helpful in passing the TExES content area test for EC-4th. Interesting read!!!! Every chapter deals with one of the domains and under each domain chapter it explains the standards in detail. It also provides practice questions that give you an explaination of why the answer is right and why the other choices are wrong. Their are also very helpful definitions especially in the language arts domain that are extremely beneficial.Has very useful ideas for teaching as well as study skills and hints.

I purchased this book shortly before taking the TExES Content Area Test (EC-4) and I passed it the first time! This book summarizes all the information needed to pass the test. Best of all, the book gives you sample questions and then explains why each answer is correct or incorrect... teaching you how to answer the test questions successfully. This book is a Must!