| The CSET -- Your Path To A Rewarding Career! | | | | At some point, just about everyone finds themselves |
| Few careers can provide the levels of responsibility, | | | | having to cram for an exam. It might not be the best |
| satisfaction and fulfillment that teaching brings to | | | | way to learn, but it's often the only way to pass the |
| California educators. Each day, thousands of teachers | | | | test. |
| across California help their students to study, to learn | | | | There are a number of effective techniques that you |
| and to reach for their dreams. | | | | can use to fill your head with the information you need |
| Good Teachers Create Great Lives | | | | to breeze through your CSET exam. |
| Teachers can touch lives in ways that no one else | | | | 1. Organize Your Priorities |
| can. Everyone remembers at least one teacher who | | | | No one excels at everything. There will inevitably be |
| provided them with encouragement and inspiration, with | | | | some subjects at which you are stronger and others |
| the help and advice that they needed just when they | | | | at which you are weaker. You'll need to make sure |
| needed it most. | | | | that you spend more time memorizing and learning |
| You are one small step away from becoming such a | | | | your weaker areas than your stronger ones for the |
| teacher. | | | | CSET. |
| Good Teachers Also Lead Great Lives | | | | Don't worry if it looks like there's a huge difference |
| But teachers don't just inspire and educate. As a | | | | between the amount of work you have to do and the |
| teacher, you'll enjoy respect from your family and | | | | amount of time you have to do it. The next step will be |
| friends, and a social status given to few other | | | | to chop down the work and preparation required to |
| professionals. You'll have long paid vacations that will | | | | pass the CSET. |
| enable you to travel the world or pursue your own | | | | 2. Pick And Store for the CSET |
| goals. And you'll have an income that will bring you | | | | Once you've identified those areas that will need the |
| independence and a career path that can lead you | | | | most work, read all the information through once. |
| from challenge to success. | | | | Highlight the most important points (don't just underline: |
| All that stands between you and a rewarding career | | | | it's easier to picture a highlighted page than an |
| of educating, guiding and inspiring students right now is | | | | underlined sentence). |
| your CSET test. | | | | There are a number of different methods that you |
| Pass The CSET exam, Pass On Your CSET test | | | | can then use to store your CSET exam information in |
| Knowledge | | | | your head:o Break up what you need to learn into |
| The CSET exam is a series of single-subject tests | | | | bite-sized chunks. There's a limit to how much you can |
| intended to prove to the California Commission on | | | | stuff into your short-term memory in one go. Take |
| Teacher Credentialing that you have the basic CSET | | | | each piece a little at a time.o Acrostics help you |
| test knowledge and ability to teach your subject in a | | | | remember a list in the right order by turning them into |
| classroom. There is also a CSET Multiple Subject | | | | strange sentences. My Dear Aunt Sally is the famous |
| exam which is required for K-8 certification.Currently | | | | way to remember to Multiply and Divide before you |
| there is a | | | | Add and Subtract. You can create your own acrostic |
| CSET Mathematics | | | | for any set of facts on the CSET.o Turn your CSET |
| CSET English | | | | notes into musical notes. If you can put the words |
| CSET Social Science | | | | you're trying to memorize to a tune you like, you'll find |
| CSET Science | | | | them much easier to remember. You might not be able |
| CSET Spanish | | | | to hum in the exam, but you can sing in the shower -- |
| CSET Business | | | | and in the process, keep memorizing for the CSET; |
| CSET Health Science | | | | 3. Get the CSET Rammed Right In There! |
| CSET Home Economics | | | | Cramming only puts the information you want in your |
| CSET Physical Education | | | | head for a short time (using what you're memorizing |
| CSET French | | | | will keep it there for the long term). In order to stop |
| CSET Spanish | | | | what you've memorized falling out before your CSET |
| CSET German | | | | exam, you'll need to keep seeing it and going over it |
| CSET Industrial and Technology Education | | | | right up until you need it on the day. |
| CSET Art | | | | Acing The CSET |
| CSET Agriculture | | | | The actual content of your exam will depend on the |
| With hard work and, no less importantly, the right | | | | subject you're thinking of teaching. The official CSET |
| CSET test preparation, you should find it easy to pass | | | | study guides will tell you what you're supposed to |
| the CSET and start your teaching career. | | | | know before you walk into the CSET exam room. |
| What You Need To Know About The CSET | | | | You should certainly be familiar with the CSET guides |
| Whichever subject you intend to teach, you'll find that | | | | that apply to you. |
| passing the CSET test will require you to make use of | | | | What the CSET study guides won't tell you though is |
| two sets of skills: recalling the CSET knowledge that | | | | how to ace the CSET when you aren't sure of the |
| you possess about your subject; and answering exam | | | | answer. That isn't because you can't do it; it's because |
| questions quickly and accurately. | | | | they don't want you to know how to do it. |
| Both of these skill sets are vitally important on the | | | | Here are 5 Ways To Ace The CSET (Even When |
| CSET. | | | | You Don't Know The Answer) |
| What is the CSET? | | | | 1. Do the easy questions first |
| The CSET is a single subject exam, intended to | | | | Use the first few minutes of the exam to zip through |
| replace the old Single Subject Assessments for | | | | the paper. You'll certainly find some of the questions |
| Teaching and Praxis II tests. There are three types of | | | | easier than others. Do those straight away. It will make |
| test in the CSET: | | | | you feel a bit better and give you more time for the |
| Single Subject Teaching Credentials are mainly used | | | | tough questions. And if you find yourself getting stuck |
| from grades 7-12 and authorize a teacher to teach | | | | on a question, make a mark, leave it and move on. |
| one particular subject. | | | | Come back to it at the end when you'll have more |
| Multiple Subject Teaching Credentials allow teachers to | | | | time, more focus and less panic. |
| teach a range of different subjects and are generally | | | | 2. Use a process of elimination |
| used in elementary schools for grades K-6. | | | | This is an absolute must on any multiple choice |
| Education Specialist Instruction Credentials allow | | | | question. There will always be one or two questions |
| teachers to teach students who have a particular | | | | that are outrageously wrong. Knock them out quick |
| disability or special need in grades K-12. | | | | and your score doubles. |
| Each exam in the CSET contains a number of | | | | 3. Drop extreme language and numbers |
| subtests and lasts up to five hours. The sub-tests | | | | One way to pick the bad answer choices from the |
| themselves are not timed however, allowing you to | | | | good is to look at the wording of the answers. The |
| spend more time on areas that you find difficult and | | | | examiners generally prefer the correct answer to be |
| less time on the parts that you know best. | | | | wishy-washy. Any answer choice that uses words like |
| Time management will be an important element in | | | | 'all', 'never' or 'always' are probably wrong. Similarly, on |
| getting the score you need to pass the CSET exam | | | | math and science questions, the highest and lowest |
| and become a teacher. | | | | figures are usually bad choices too. Take them out. |
| Two Types Of Questions, Two Types Of Challenge | | | | 4. Identify similar answers |
| CSET exam questions come in two forms: | | | | Another way to hone in on the right answer choices is |
| multiple-choice questions ask you to choose the best | | | | to pick out any answers that look the same. Usually on |
| answer from a number of options. In these questions, it | | | | the CSET exam, two answers will be extreme, one |
| is important to remember that the best answer isn't | | | | will look right and one will be right. |
| necessarily the only correct answer. You may find that | | | | The one that looks right has been put there |
| two CSET exam answers look correct but one | | | | deliberately to confuse you. |
| answer will be more correct than the other. (This also | | | | The examiners are hoping that as you rush through |
| means that when two answers look the same, you've | | | | the exam, you won't notice that there's a better |
| got a 50/50 chance of guessing the right one.) | | | | answer right next to it and pick the wrong choice. |
| Constructed-response CSET questions ask you to | | | | That's mean, but it actually does you a favor. When |
| discuss, describe, analyze, explain etc. Often you'll be | | | | two answer choices look similar, one of them is likely |
| asked to complete more than one task. Always read | | | | to be right. |
| the question carefully and make sure that you have | | | | 5. Use previous questions |
| completed all the tasks. | | | | One of the great things about long exams like the |
| CSET Test Taking Tips for Essay Writing | | | | CSET is that the answer to one question can often be |
| CSET Test Preparation-- How To Cram Fast And | | | | found in another part of the test. It's going to be almost |
| Effectively | | | | impossible for the examiners not to repeat a subject |
| Whatever your subject, the CSET exam is going to | | | | or duplicate a point. If you're scratching your head over |
| expect you to have memorized vast amounts of | | | | a question, move on and keep an eye out for it later. |
| information. Some of that CSET information you'll | | | | There's a good chance that they'll give the game |
| know well because you use it every day. But much of | | | | away in a different question. |
| the details that will turn up in the exam will be the sort | | | | Those are just five simple tactics you can use to ace |
| of knowledge that will normally have you turning to the | | | | the CSET test. There are dozens of others and you'll |
| books to find the answers. | | | | need them all to put yourself in the classroom and in |
| In the CSET, you'll need to be able to recall those facts | | | | front of the blackboard. To learn all the tactics you |
| from your memory. That means being able to cram. | | | | need, and to make sure that your CSET test |
| Top Methods To Quickly Complete CSET Test | | | | preparation is right on track, check out our Study Guide |
| Preparation | | | | and start your teaching career with top marks. |