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I don't think there is any easy way to prepare for the test. I might suggest getting a hold of a set of texts for both world and U.S. history (either a set for high school or ones from a survey level college course) and going over them for a few weeks prior to his next test date. The difficulty he may be experiencing, is likely do to how the questions are framed. They wrote the multiple choice sections towards identifying the * best* answer (often among several essentially correct), rather than the only right answer among several incorrect. This causes problems for people who are not particularly good at test taking. And finally it is probably better to spend the greater amount of time on the multiple choice questions over the essays do to how the percentages effect the final score. That's about the best I can offer, I passed it the first time and that was over a year and a half ago. I do remember that the version I took was primarily U.S. history with only a few World history questions (Ancient Greece, etc.). The best of luck Thomas Hunts Arizona State University > From: Renee Ryon <suns34@msn.com> > > I'm hoping someone can help with some suggestions on how to prepare > for the History AEPA test that Arizona requires for teacher > certification. I am asking for someone who has taken it several times > already. The study guide the state provides is only 12 questions, and > there are only few books he's looked at like the Kaplan book to study, > but he seems to be stuck around the same score each time. It is very > discouraging for him as he knows his history, but just doesn't test > well. History is also very broad, so it's hard to narrow down the > study of the entire world's history, American history, etc. Any > suggestions would be greatly appreciated if you've experienced this > test. I have found no study groups or anything like that, but are open > to anything... Thank you! > > Renee Ryon > suns34@msn.com
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