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PRAXIS Social Studies: Content Knowledge
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Taking the PRAXIS Social Studies: Content Knowledge exam can be a daunting task. Because its goal is to test your classroom readiness across the spectrum of content, our PRAXIS Social Studies Content Knowledge study guide covers a lot of ground.
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What’s on the PRAXIS Social Studies: Content Knowledge exam?
The PRAXIS Social Studies: Content Knowledge test is designed for prospective teachers to determine whether they have the knowledge and skills necessary to teach social studies in secondary school. The 130 selected-response questions focus on six major subject areas: United States History, World History, Government/Civics/Political Science, Geography, Economics, and Behavioral Sciences.
Taking the PRAXIS Social Studies: Content Knowledge exam can be a daunting task. Because its goal is to test your classroom readiness across the spectrum of content, it covers a lot of ground. This breadth can make it hard to know how to prepare. Luckily, if you understand how the test is organized and what it is testing, you will have no problem prepping for this test. In order to cover everything needed to teach social studies in secondary school, the test is broken into 6 content categories.
PRAXIS Social Studies: Content Knowledge
What to Expect
The PRAXIS Social Studies: Content Knowledge exam in its entirety consists of 130 selected-response questions. You will have 2 hours to complete the test. The test is administered via computer. Because of this, there can be a variety in the style of questions that are asked.
You should expect to see three main types of questions: single-answer, stimulus-based, and cluster. You should expect most questions to require you simply to click an oval next to the correct answer. They may ask you to zoom in on details in a graphic or picture, click boxes next to all that apply, click on checkboxes, click on parts of a graphic or sentence, use a drag and drop feature, or select your answer from a drop-down menu.
| Questions | Time limit | |
|---|---|---|
| Social Studies: Content Knowledge | 130 | 120’ |
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