Excel Tests - Selective Schools and Scholarship General Abil ity Tests Years 5-6 is a comprehensive study guide for the General Abili ty section of the Selective Schools and Scholarship Tests (usually under taken in Year 6). The questions test a wide variety of skills including word knowledge, number series, analogies, reasoning, spatial ability and anagrams. In this book your child will find: an int roductory section on how best to prepare for the Selective Schools and S cholarship examinations nine multiple-choice General Ability Te sts answers to all questions explanations that outline the thinking skills required for each question a table for eac h test that allows you to pinpoint problem areas

Excel Test Skills - Selective Schools and Scholarship Tests Years 5-6 is a comprehensive study guide for the selective schools and scholarship tests (usually undertaken in Year 6). The book contains sections on all four types of tests - Maths, English, General Abi lity and Written Expression - so students can prepare for exams wi th a minimum of stress and maximum results. In this book your chi ld will find: an introductory section on how best to prepar e for selective schools and scholarship examinations hundreds o f practice questions for Mathematics, English, General Ability and Writt en Expression answers to all multiple-choice questions explanations that outline the thinking skills required for each questio n a complete trial test paper

In this book are most recent practice tests with over 350 questions available for NSW Selective examination, as well as an answer sheet for ease reference and detailed explanations to answers.

The aim of Excel Test Skills - Selective Schools & Schol arship Tests Skills & Strategies Years 5-6 is to identify, dev elop and practise the skills useful in test situations, in particular th e Selective Schools and Scholarship Tests. Recognition of these skills a nd strategies, and confidence in applying them, will lead to better test results. In this book students will find: an in troduction with advice to parents and students an explanation p age for each skill with sample questions and strategies a page of practice test questions for each different type of skill a d etailed Written Expression section on how best to compose essays in test s answers to all multiple choice questions explanation s that outline the thinking skills required for each question

Excel Revise in a Month - Year 6 Selective Schools Scholarsh ip Tests: Includes an introduction to the NSW Selective High Scho ols Test, the Cooperative Scholarship Testing Program (CSTP), the Schola rship Selection Test (SST), the Australian Cooperative Entry Program (AC EP), and the EAA Placement Test. Covers the essential areas of th ese tests: reading comprehension, general ability, maths and written exp ression. Includes fully explained answers to all questions. E xcel Revise in a Month Year 6 Selective Schools Scholarship Tests w ill help your child revise for success with the following features: key points - provides a detailed summary of each topic, a s well as helpful hints and tips sample - supplies model questions and responses to all question types practice tasks &n dash; develops the necessary skills to answer questions correctly real test - allows your child to practise questions like those in the real test sample test papers allows your child to become familiar with the format of the Selective Schools and Scholars hip Tests suggested time helps prepare your child to a nswer questions under the time constraints of the Selective Schools and Scholarship Tests

Excel Test Skills - General Ability Tests Year 3 is the firs t in a four-book series for Years 3-6 which help students with the skills they need to excel in general ability tests. General ability tes ting covers areas such as logic, general knowledge and reasoning, and fo rms part of many primary school tests used throughout Australia. The book contains: sample questions covering all the main q uestion types found in Year 3 general ability tests a section o f practice questions with hints on how to answer each different type of question twelve practice tests to measure progress hel pful advice for sitting general ability tests answers to all qu estions, plus explanations when required An amount of myst ery surrounds general ability testing. This is probably because it is no t an actual subject such as Science or Mathematics. General ability test ing is based upon the student's ability to think and reason, but most of the questions are based on normal classroom subject matter. This practi ce book is intended to demystify GA tests, thereby giving the student th e confidence to respond positively to the test and maximise his/her scor e.

Excel Test Skills - Selective Schools and Scholarship Writin g Tests Years 5-6 is a comprehensive study guide for the English p art of the selective schools and scholarship tests (usually undertaken i n Year 6). The book contains mostly multiple choice questions, based on a wide variety of text types, so students can prepare fully for the exam . In this book your child will find: an introductory section on the types of questions and resource material used o ver sixty tests using cloze passages, spelling and grammar application, and vocabulary and editing exercises tips to help you in test s ituations a convenient lift-out answers section with expla nations that help you understand the skills required for each type of qu estion Note: Excel Test Skills - Selective Schools and Scholarship Writing Tests Years 5-6 is the same b ook as Excel Test Skills - Selective Schools and Scholarship En glish Tests Years 5-6. Only the title has changed.

Excel Test Skills - Selective Schools and Scholarship Mathem atics Tests Year 5-6 is a comprehensive study guide for the select ive school and scholarship tests (usually undertaken in Year 6). The boo k contains hundreds of multiple choice questions based on the three majo r strands of maths - numeration, measurement and space - so students can prepare for exams with a minimum of stress and maximum resu lts. This book is intended to give you the opportunity of doing a variety of questions based on the three major strands of Mathematics (N umeration, Measurement and Space). The more familiar you are with the ma terial the more confident you will feel - and the better you will do in your tests. In this book your child will find: an in troductory section on how best to approach selective school and scholars hip test examinations hundreds of practice multiple choice ques tions answers to every question explanations that outl ine the thinking skills required for each question nine complet e practice tests