With fresh content and brand new practice tests, this preparation guide is perfect for college students, teachers, and career-changing professionals who are seeking a teaching certification. Written by experienced educators, this guide includes: topics on the content area, teaching methods and best practices, and resources for additional practice. This guide was rewritten to align to the most recent PRAXIS standards, and every standard has an overview to best prepare you for your certification exam. You not only have the ability to test your knowledge on the multiple choice practice tests, you can also review a thorough rationale for each question while checking your answers. This guide also includes brief, quiz-like questions to guide your understanding before taking the larger practice test at the end of each section. Selected topics include: • Reading (inferences, summaries, point of view, conclusions) • Writing (language and research skills, text types, grammar, production) • Mathematics (statistics and probability, algebra, geometry)