TExES Science 4-8 116 Teacher Certification Test Prep Study Guide

I have to say that this book was great in covering content if you needed some brush up with the material. I wouldn't solely rely on all the information without following the guidelines with the prep. material found in the Texes website. Using both will definitely help! Also, the test questions in the back of the book help prepare me for content, but they where just practice with basic content, that's why you should make sure you use the guidline from texes! I passed with flying colors! Don't just rely solely on this book to pass, you need to combine with other resources too!

This book has plenty of grammar mistakes, which does question the validity of the information contained in the book, but it offers two very helpful things. First, trying to study for a test that covers five grades is a difficult task in itself. Having all of the information to refresh a person's memory in one spot is a blessing. Topics that needed a bit of touching upon can be covered with this text and topics that need more of an in-depth look can be searched for online or in textbooks. You don't have to reread every textbook from the five grades, just this one booklet as a starting point. Second, the wealth of questions gives the reader more of a chance to practice for the test. They are not the best questions out there, but they are similar to the test and can give the reader an idea of how to study. Use these questions along with the questions from the ETS Study Guide and you should have a good idea of how you are going to do on the test and what you need to look into with more detail. This book is comprehensive in its scope, but doesn't offer a ton of depth. It allows you to refresh your memory. It definitely will not teach you the principles. Good luck on the test and use this book for what it is: a refresher. Recommended.

This guide was a useful and comprehensive test prep. I agree with some of the other reviews in that the guide could benefit from a bigger focus on the instruction of science. (I suggest using the TEA website to prepare for those questions) The errors were also discouraging, but overall I was pleased.

This is a great review and has good ideas for your classroom but I have taken the TExES test already and the reviews at the end of the book were not quite like whats on the test. Overall a good guide but I would also use other resources.