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The runaway national bestseller, now in paperback.
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The bestselling guide, updated to reflect all changes to the GED through 2002

Each year, nearly a million North Americans take the GED high school equivalency exam. Formerly entitled Contemporary's GED, one of the most popular resources for those prepping for the test has been revised for all changes to the GED, through 2002. This latest edition of the bestselling guide arms readers with what they need to score high in all five test categories, including targeted assessments, easy-to-follow instructions, hundreds of reinforcement activities, and simulated GED tests for each subject area. Outstanding features that have made for the continuing popularity of this guide include:

• Half-length pretests for each subject area that help readers pinpoint strengths and weaknesses
• Two full-length practice tests for each subject area
• Special new sections on critical thinking skills, graphs, and illustrations
• New guidelines for using the Casio fx-260 solar calculator for the mathematics test
• A complete answer key explaining why each answer is correct
• Chapter-by-chapter surveys that reinforce knowledge of key concepts
• Test-taking tips and strategies

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The Princeton Review realizes that acing the SSAT and ISEE exams is very different from getting straight A’s in school. We don’t try to teach you everything there is to know about English and math–only what you’ll need to score higher on the exam. There’s a big difference. In Cracking the SSAT & ISEE, we’ll teach you how to think like the test writers and

·Correctly answer analogy and synonym questions even when you’re not sure what all of the words mean
·Ace the reading comprehension section by learning to spot main ideas, topic sentences, and key words
·Crack the general math section by learning to avoid wrong answer choices that look right but are planted to fool you
·Learn how to turn complicated algebra problems into simple word problems
·Simplify the SSAT writing sample and the ISEE essay using a sure-fire, step-by-step approach

This book includes five full-length practice tests, with questions like the ones you’ll see on the actual SSAT and ISEE..
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Features:

• 6 full-length practice tests: 3 SSATs and 3 ISEEs, tailored to upper, middle, and lower levels

• Detailed answer explanations

• Hundreds of practice questions covering the most frequently tested material

• Intensive, test-specific Math and Verbal workouts

• Customized review sections for important subject areas, including Verbal Reasoning, Mathematics, Reading Comprehension, and Writing

• Practical tips for every question type

• Powerful test-taking strategies to help you score higher.
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Nearly a decade ago Frank McCourt became an unlikely star when, at the age of sixty-six, he burst onto the literary scene with Angela's Ashes, the Pulitzer Prize -- winning memoir of his childhood in Limerick, Ireland. Then came 'Tis, his glorious account of his early years in New York.

Now, here at last, is McCourt's long-awaited book about how his thirty-year teaching career shaped his second act as a writer. Teacher Man is also an urgent tribute to teachers everywhere. In bold and spirited prose featuring his irreverent wit and heartbreaking honesty, McCourt records the trials, triumphs and surprises he faces in public high schools around New York City. His methods anything but conventional, McCourt creates a lasting impact on his students through imaginative assignments (he instructs one class to write "An Excuse Note from Adam or Eve to God"), singalongs (featuring recipe ingredients as lyrics), and field trips (imagine taking twenty-nine rowdy girls to a movie in Times Square!).

McCourt struggles to find his way in the classroom and spends his evenings drinking with writers and dreaming of one day putting his own story to paper. Teacher Man shows McCourt developing his unparalleled ability to tell a great story as, five days a week, five periods per day, he works to gain the attention and respect of unruly, hormonally charged or indifferent adolescents. McCourt's rocky marriage, his failed attempt to get a Ph.D. at Trinity College, Dublin, and his repeated firings due to his propensity to talk back to his superiors ironically lead him to New York's most prestigious school, Stuyvesant High School, where he finally finds a place and a voice. "Doggedness," he says, is "not as glamorous as ambition or talent or intellect or charm, but still the one thing that got me through the days and nights."

For McCourt, storytelling itself is the source of salvation, and in Teacher Man the journey to redemption -- and literary fame -- is an exhilarating adventure..
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Includes:

• Comprehensive overview of the COOP, HSPT, and TACHS exams with up-to-the-minute test information
• 2 full-length practice tests for each exam, with detailed answer explanations
• Targeted chapter and diagnostic quizzes
• Review of key concepts and all tested material

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Part I includes information about each exam type and how itÕs scored.

Part II contains verbal previews such as, analogies, verbal logic, reading, and composition.

Part III reviews quantitative and non-verbal skills, such as mathematics.

Part IV includes practice exams for the TACHS, COOP (revised), and the HSPT.

This book also introduces the SSAT and the ISEE..
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