TExES Pedagogy and Professional Responsibilities EC-12 (160) Secrets Study Guide: TExES Test Review for the Texas Examinations of Educator Standards

This guide has the information in a very well-organized manner. Contains links to several videos that complement key topics and the best was the practice test which provided the reasoning for each of the questions. The test's official site has a list of competencies written like "The beginner teacher understands the importance of...", but this guide provides the information required apply it into a wide arrange of questions describing different situations in the classroom.

great resource

I first was thinking, oh my this is a lot to read with small letters and front and back and not really many blank pages. Lol. I thought this study would take forever, but the reading was very straight to the point and informative. I breezed through the book in no time and was able to retain the information with no problems. Great study guide and a cheat for day to day teaching.

I feel like this book will help me becuase it has details of each compentecy and it gives great test taking tips

Too detailed. Kindly summarize the important points for those who donot have a lot of time.

The product Is really good and it will give me the good description of all materials. As long it prepares me for the EC-12 test. I hope I will pass the test with the materials provided in this book. I suggest all test takers to purchase this book and get through the test. The test in the book will help me lot to prepare for the real test.

Pros: Good as a starter/refresher specially for a teacher that has been on a teaching hiatus or out-of-state educator, includes most competencies. Cons: Topics are not organized. NO index or glossary. Content is redundant. Little overprice for what it offers. No illustrations. The book helped me get started but I had to search for other resources online. If you have the money and have no idea where to get started I recommend you buying the book and reading it. If not, familiarize with the competencies (get test guide on ETS website) and build your own review material. There are tons of resources online, wish I could tell you but Amazon doesn't let me. I am certain that if the book had competencies organized into topics and subtopics, provided index/glossary, included and presented information in a more engaging and simple way (charts, diagrams, etc) it would be worth the money. But when you receive the book you realize that you have a lot of work since content is not cut to the chase and you need to summarize A LOT!

OK, here's the lowdown on this... I used this and the official study materials from TEA to study for this test. I am an out of state educator with 19 years of experience, however, I read this book cover to cover, did the practice tests in the book and online. I passed the test the first time with lots of room to spare. I think if you really read this and dedicate just a few hours each day leading up to the test (I studied for a month), you will pass easily.