All standardized tests measure the ability to think carefully and critically. Most parents and teachers prepare their students for standardized tests using practice tests that lack vital instruction in test-taking skills. These easy-to-use, fun products teach students how to use highly-effective critical thinking skills and other strategic test-taking skills to improve their test scores.
 
In the process of learning and practicing these thinking skills, students will have the opportunity to practice listening and following directions. They will also discuss answers so you can assess their thinking and assure them that they're thinking carefully.  This book also teaches them to answer questions even when their answer is uncertain or the question is difficult. This practice can build confidence, reduce anxiety, and remove obstacles that can hinder students from performing their best on tests.

Thinking Skills for Tests presents essential thinking skills that form the base of both verbal and nonverbal reasoning and logic:

Early Learning (Gr. PreK-2)
     •  Listen
     •  Classify Objects and Concepts
     •  Build Vocabulary Through the Process of Elimination
     •  Relate Concepts
     •  Verbal Reasoning
     •  Reason with Analogies
     •  Arithmetic Reasoning
     •  Sequence
     •  Recognize Patterns

Upper Elementary (Gr. 3-5)
Reading
     •  Vocabulary
     •  Understand the Main Idea
     •  Answer Multiple Choice Questions
     •  Give Written Answers
     •  Use Clues to Infer Answers
     •  Use Your Thoughts and Feelings to Infer Answers

Math
     •  Estimate the Correct Answer
     •  Solve Complicated Word Problems
     •  Use Different Units of Measure in Word Problems
     •  Estimations in Word Problems