Product Description: Testy on test day? Don't stress! "ACE" ANY TEST offers proven step-by-step strategies you can use in any testing situation, from classroom quizzes to standardized exams such as the SAT. Education advocate and author Ron Fry unlocks every student's successful side with preparation strategies such as reading for maximum retention, researching the teacher's testing history and preferences, and using those inevitable "jitters" to psych yourself up and sharpen your focus...read more

A collection of tips from successful college students makes recommendations for how to make the most of an education, in a guide that covers a wide range of topics from selecting the best classes and earning top grades to managing stress and performing research. Original.

Product Description: The perfect antidote to test stress, "Ace" Any Test walks test-takers through successful test preparation, including reading for maximum retention, researching the teacher's test-giving history, and "psyching up" for test day. This book helps prevent anxiety from getting in the way of the reader's best performance, whether their test is a unit exam or a standardized exam, such as the SAT...read more

Discusses intelligence, the brain, reading skills, note-taking, techniques for specific subjects, writing, speeches, test-taking, and other methods for academic success. (view table of contents)

Product Description: Do tests really matter? Whether they accurately reflect how much children have learned is a question many teachers would answer with an emphatic No But as the movement for standardized testing sweeps the nation, it is clear that tests do matter: When children don't do well on them, they suffer...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Explains how to reread and organize notes, list terms, themes, and topics which may be part of the exam, improve memory, and reduce stress

Product Description: In recent years, the increasingly high stakes attached to norm-referenced reading tests have made it harder to hold onto what we believe about language arts education. Now, Lucy Calkins, Kate Montgomery, and Donna Santman meet us in the true trenches, offering companionship and guidance in the most lonely, complex, and sometimes heartbreaking area of our teaching: preparing students for standardized reading tests...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: A complete guide to scoring higher on all kinds of tests provides ready-to-use strategies, tips, and practice exercises for improving test-taking skills in all types of standardized and teacher-made tests. Covers such common test challenges as analogies, sequence, drawing conclusions, grammar and usage, and more...read more

Product Description: Easy-to-use self-teaching manual teaches students from elementary to medical school develope vital skills that help in every stage of learning. (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Provides strategies for improving grades and offers advice on how to select a college major, balance college course work, and choose the right courses

Discusses intelligence, the brain, reading skills, note-taking, techniques for specific subjects, writing, speeches, test-taking, and other methods for academic success