How to Prepare for the GED High School Equivalency Exam, Canadian Edition

Murray Rockowitz, Samuel C. Brownstein, Max Peters, Ira Wolf

Barron's Educational Series, Dec 1, 2004 - Study Aids - 760 pages

Canadian men and women preparing to take the GED High School Equivalency Exam will find specially focused help in this heavily revised and updated manual, written exclusively for them. Like the U.S. edition, it contains a full-length diagnostic test, and two full-length practice exams with questions answered and explained. However, the comprehensive subject review sections reflect Canadian-specific information and topics, and the practice tests reflect recent actual GED exams given in Canada. For instance, this book s math review section uses the metric system for weights and measures; the social studies review section deals with geography, history, and social issues and data from a Canadian perspective; and the book s spelling and grammar conventions follow British-English style. Questions on the diagnostic test are presented with answer keys, answer analyses, and self-appraisal charts.

Contents

• Tactics and Strategies in the Examination Room: 7
• A Diagnostic Examination: 27
• Diagnostic Examination: 33
• Answer Keys Summaries of Results and SelfAppraisal Charts: 91
• Answer Analysis: 97
• LANGUAGE ARTS WRITING TEST 1 PART 1: 113
• Parallel Structure: 123
• Writing Correct Sentences: 131
• Case of Nouns and Pronouns: 137
• Adjectives and Adverbs: 146
• Chapters Mechanics: 152
• Spelling: 162
• Organization: 168
• A Basic 650Word Vocabulary: 183
• Three Additional Sample Test Paragraphs with Answer Analyses: 196
• What Is a Paragraph?: 213
• Writing the Essay: 227
• Practice with Social Studies Readings: 245
• Basics in Interpreting Political Cartoons: 271
• Handling Social Studies Skills Questions: 287
• Glossary of Social Studies Terms: 305
• Social Studies Practice: 319
• SCIENCE TEST 3: 335
• Handling Science Skills Questions: 349
• Science Practice: 367
• Earth Science: 385
• Physics: 402
• Reading Commentary on the Arts: 429
• Poetry: 448
• MATHEMATICS TEST 5: 463
• Word Problems Using Basic Operations: 476
• Exponents: 479
• Converting Improper Fractions to Mixed Numbers: 492
• Decimals and Percents: 507
• Solving Word Problems with Percents: 520
• Algebra: 534
• Algebra and Word Problems: 543
• Geometry and Proportion: 560
• Practice Test Part II: 576
• Practice Examination One: 593
• Social Studies: 606
• Science: 619
• Mathematics: 640
• Answer Keys Summaries of Results and SelfAppraisal Charts: 653
• Practice Examination Two: 677
• Social Studies: 690
• Science: 703
• Mathematics: 725
• Answer Keys Summaries of Results and SelfAppraisal Charts: 738
• Acknowledgments: 757

About the author

Rockowitz former Chairman, Board of Examiners, New York City Board of Education.

Samuel C. Brownstein was Chairman, Biology Dept., Wingate High School, Brooklyn, NY.

Max Peters is former Chairman, Mathematics Department, George W. Wingate High School, New York City.

Wolf is a teacher of mathematics at Benjamin N. Cardozo High School, Bayside, NY.

Bibliographic information

• Title: How to Prepare for the GED High School Equivalency Exam, Canadian Edition; BARRON'S HOW TO PREPARE FOR THE GED HIGH SCHOOL EQUIVALENCY EXAMINATION CANADIAN EDITION
• Authors: Murray Rockowitz, Samuel C. Brownstein, Max Peters, Ira Wolf
• Editor: Christopher Smith
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Barron's Educational Series, 2004
• ISBN: 0764129597, 9780764129599
• Length: 760 pages
• Subjects: Study Aids / GED (General Educational Development Tests)