PRAXIS I
PREPARATION
TIPS
Created by Peter Osborne, Resident Assistant
University of Maine at Farmington
I would like to submit this bulletin board I created for education preparing to take the
Praxis I exam.This exam is required in many states for any student wishing to enter a
teacher education program and is a source of great stress for many education students
at colleges all over the country!
PRAXIS I
PREPARATION
TIPS
Your Guide to
ACING the Test!
Don’t answer too quickly!
Make sure to read
through all of the
answer choices
before picking an
answer!
 Often one choice
will seem
correct…until you
examine the others
more closely!
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PACE Yourself!
Bring a watch to the
test to make sure that
you work at a
reasonable pace!
 Remember that the test
is timed—make sure
that you know how
long each is and how
long it leaves for each
question!
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Be in good mental and physical
condition for the test!
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Be well-rested for the
test, so that you can
stay calm and focused!
Eat a healthy breakfast
to avoid hunger pangs
that lead to distraction!
Don’t stay up the night
before to cram—it’s not
worth it!
If you don’t know—always guess!
Only your correct
answers are used to
determine your score!
 If you don’t know an
answer, use your
powers of deduction to
eliminate less likely
answers and then
guess—it can’t hurt!
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PRAXIS I Math
Reacquaint yourself
with (and memorize)
basic math formulas
and their variables—
neither will be listed
on the test!
 FOCUS ON:
Geometric shapes
and basic equations
and formulas.
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PRAXIS I Reading
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Practice technical reading
by checking out science
journals and magazines and
focus on comprehending
the big ideas (and some
important details!)
READ each passage (not
just skim), and pick out the
main ideas and
relationships within each
passage.
PRAXIS I Writing
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The writing section
requires a strong
understanding of
sentence structure: the
placement of direct
and indirect objects,
for example, and the
basic parts of speech.
Being able to identify
all the aspects of a
sentence is the only
way to ensure that you
are able to rule out all
incorrect answers!
For more info…
http://www.praxisprepinfo.com
http://www.petersons.com/testprep/
Educational Testing Service (administers the PRAXIS Exams)
http://www.ets.org/
UMF Center for Human Development
http://chd.umf.maine.edu/Praxis/praxisI.php/
Also check out CHD’s extensive resource library for paper versions
of PRAXIS test-prep guides and resources!
This bulletin board was created for an Educationthemed floor for the month of November, when
many freshmen sign up to take the PRAXIS I!