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Editorial Reviews:

Product Description

Be prepared. Get certified. REA's new guide helps you master the FTCE, General Knowledge!

New from REA is a detailed test preparation guide that helps candidates succeed on the FTCE General Knowledge Exam. Each of the four subtests is reviewed in detail: Essay, English with Skills, Mathematics, and Reading. Also inside are three full-length practice tests with detailed explanations to all answers, a study schedule to fit lifestyle, and test-taking drills and strategies to help you pass with confidence on test day.

DETAILS
- Written by leading specialists in teacher education.
- Comprehensive multi-subject reviews
- 3 full-length practice tests
- Features every type of question, every subject area, and every skill that can be expected on the actual exam
- Each exam question is fully explained in easy-to-follow, step-by-step detail.
- Adaptable study schedule that fits your lifestyle.

Customer Reviews: Read 8 more reviews...

2 out of 5 stars

This is the right guide if you want to find out how dumb you are! August 12, 2008
This book provides plenty of practice in all subtests of the general knowledge test; however; its content and application goes way beyond the scope of the test. if you need extra practice I highly recommend the Xam Online GK test as it is a lot easier and the explanations in it are very thorough. Your primary study guide for the GK should really be the Cliff Test Preparation Guide because it is the closest to the original test.

Again, the REA is horrible and it will make you feel like you can't do it no matter how hard you study. Check the reading section and you will know what I am talking about. If you choose the wrong answer, that's it because the explanation section does not explain why that particular choice is wrong and, mainly, why the correct choice in the book is the right one. I also caught a few worng answers in the math section, and again no explanations of nothing. All three exams in the math section have problems involving standard deviation (which is not on the test as I have taken it 3 times and finally passed today!), which is not fully explained in the book.

In the other hand, this book would be good for students who needs the extra challenge (gift or talented), but if you are looking for something more specific and close to the actual test, pick the Cliff and Xam--They are the best guides in my opinion.

5 out of 5 stars

A Good Review Book July 14, 2008
I found this book helpful in providing a review of the types of questions similar to those found on the actual FTCE General Knowledge Exam. The book covers question types and detailed answers for all four areas of the exam; Reading, Math, English Language Skills and the Essay. There are 3 full-length practice exams at the end with detailed answers.

After being out of school for several years, I found the book useful in providing a review of general knowledge questions, especially the entire math section. The book contains a lot of pages and for those who don't have a lot of time to examine the book, you may want to skim through the sections and problems, then concentrate on the areas that you need more help in understanding/remembering; for me, that was the math section. The actual test includes a page listing some of the formulas you might use, but you still need an understanding of general math principles and problem solving to realize which formula/equation to use to answer the questions, not to mention how to solve the equation once you pick a formula to use. I felt that this book provides that understanding.

I also purchased a Test Preparation Guide issued by the Florida Department of Education which can be downloaded from the FTCE Testing website for a small fee. It is a smaller guide, but I used this side by side with REA's book.

Overall, I found the REA General Knowledge book helpful. I passed the FTCE General Knowledge Exam after taking it for the first time.

2 out of 5 stars

Awful! June 24, 2008
I would never recommend this as your primary study aid, maybe as back-up to help with the harder math questions. But if you use this as your primary aid, if will intimidate and only make your feel like a loser.

BUY THE CLIFF NOTE VERSION!!!! The CN version explains everything step by step whereas I felt this version was way too unorganized and scrambled.

Wish me luck because I take the test Thursday!

5 out of 5 stars

I passed using this text! February 27, 2008
I would recommend this. After looking through this text and taking the practice tests, the real test was a breeze. (And you do not want to have to take that test twice.. it is long!)

1 out of 5 stars

AWFUL...find something else May 9, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful

I will be a transition teacher...I have a BS in Anthropology. So, I didn't have the 4 years of training that would help with this. I thought this looks like a great book. The book really doesn't help. They really don't apply what is in the book to what will be on the test other than in the practice test. I sat there taking the test and shaking my head....thinking that book didn't help me at all. So if you do use it, make sure you use other things to supplement.