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Show What You Know on the OGT Grade 10 Science Student Self-Study Workbook
Show What You Know on the OGT Grade 10 Science Student Self-Study Workbook
by Show What You Know Publishing
Show What You Know On The OGT, Science by Charles R. Warren
and Jolie S. Brams…
$18.95
This is a 313-page softbound study guide designed to help students better assess what they’ve learned about science in 10 years of schooling so they can perform well on the Ohio Graduation Test, a major hurdle to achieving a diploma. The book can be used as a “refresher” to aid in review. Practice questions, test-taking hints and problem-solving strategies are included.
Brams, a professor of psychiatry at The Ohio State University, addresses test anxiety and test-taking strategies in the book’s first two chapters. From there, the workbook moves into Ohio’s Academic Content Standards in science and lists all the standards, benchmarks and grade-level indicators students should master by the time they reach 10th grade. It also contains a chart illustrating what types of questions are on the science portion of the OGT and how they will be scored. A glossary of important science terms and a periodic table conclude the section.
The next 164 pages are a tutorial with multiple-choice, short-answer and extended-response questions based on the content standards students will need to know for the OGT. Benchmarks are addressed for each question. The correct answers for tutorial questions are found at the bottom of each page, along with an analysis of why the correct answer is correct and the incorrect ones are wrong. The tutorial is divided into earth and space sciences, life sciences, physical sciences, science and technology, scientific inquiry and scientific ways of knowing. Purpose of the tutorial is not only subject review, but also confidence building. Students may be surprised to see how much they already know!
Two practice OGTs in science (each with 40 questions) conclude the workbook. These practice tests were formulated to mimic what students will encounter on the “real thing.” Answer keys showing not only the correct responses and an analysis of why those answers are right, but also academic standards addressed and subject keywords, are included with the practice tests. Correlation charts that help students determine where they need improvement are at the end.
Show What You Know on the OGT Grade 10 Science Student Self-Study Workbook
Editors’ Review:
Show What You Know on the OGT Grade 10 Science Student Self-Study Workbook
Pluses – Like other workbooks in the “Show What You Know” series, this science study guide aims to build self-confidence by helping students better determine what they’ve learned in 10 years of school and where they need to focus their review efforts. Some may be pleasantly surprised to find they know more than they think! The introductory chapter on identifying and reducing “test anxiety” is especially helpful for students, teachers and parents. The psychiatry professional who authored this chapter, along with the chapter on test-taking strategies, clearly understands teens and how they feel.
The tutorial section is the most helpful and the easiest to read and comprehend. The layout of questions, with answers found in small type at the bottom of each page, is convenient and provides “instant gratification” to users. Answers to the practice tests are found at the end of each test, eliminating the need for a lot of page turning and fumbling.
The glossary of science terms and the periodic tables are also added features for this book.
Minuses – This book was apparently “compiled” and not “authored” by Dr. Warren and Dr. Brams. She wrote the chapters on dealing with test anxiety and test-taking hints, which contain text identical to that found in other workbooks in this series. He wrote the tutorial and the two practice tests. Some users may find this lack of cohesion a minus.
There’s a lot of information in the study guide which is likely the reason it is a bit costlier that similar products on the market. This abundance of information (long with the complex charts) would make this book difficult for most students to use without significant guidance from an educational professional.
It’s also heavy on text and could use livelier graphics and some color. Although, the tutorial (the meat of the book) contains ample “white space” and is a quick read. It’s likely that only the most dedicated students would make use of the correlation chart that appears at the end of the book and is designed to highlight individual “weak spots.”
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