Education Exam Prep

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Education Exam Prep episodes

  • ParaPro Exam Prep 26, Ratios, Rates, and Proportions
    This podcast is made by Ran Chen, who holds an EA license, Insurance and Securities licenses (Series 6, 63, 65), and the CFP® designation. He is passionate about opening access to high-quality exam preparation resources and helping learners prepare more effectively for professional certification exams.
    In this episode you will learn:
    - How to set up a proportion correctly by keeping units consistent (e.g., water-to-water, concentrate-to-concentrate).
    - The method of cross-multiplication to solve for an unknown variable in a proportion.
    - To identify common exam traps, such as solving for a part when the question asks for the total amount.
    - The difference between a ratio, a rate, and a unit rate as they appear on the ParaPro exam.
    - A mental shortcut for organizing proportions: "Same units across, same relationship down."
    For more free exam prep tools, practice questions, and AI-powered explanations, visit https://open-exam-prep.com/ or YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@Open-exam-prep
    4 min
  • ParaPro Exam Prep 25, Percent — Conversions and Applications
    This podcast is made by Ran Chen, who holds an EA license, Insurance and Securities licenses (Series 6, 63, 65), and the CFP® designation. He is passionate about opening access to high-quality exam preparation resources and helping learners prepare more effectively for professional certification exams.
    In this episode you will learn:
    - How to fluently convert between percents, decimals, and fractions for the ParaPro exam.
    - The core formula for solving percent problems involving the part, the whole, and the percent.
    - The correct method for calculating percent change and how to avoid the common trap of dividing by the new value instead of the original.
    - How to solve multi-step word problems involving discounts and sales tax by applying percentages to the correct base amount.
    - A memorable shortcut, 'is over of equals percent over one hundred,' to correctly set up and solve percent equations.
    For more free exam prep tools, practice questions, and AI-powered explanations, visit https://open-exam-prep.com/ or YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@Open-exam-prep
    5 min
  • ParaPro Exam Prep 24, Decimals — Concepts and Operations
    This podcast is made by Ran Chen, who holds an EA license, Insurance and Securities licenses (Series 6, 63, 65), and the CFP® designation. He is passionate about opening access to high-quality exam preparation resources and helping learners prepare more effectively for professional certification exams.
    In this episode you will learn:
    - How to accurately compare decimals by aligning place values, a common source of errors on the ParaPro exam.
    - The critical rule for decimal addition and subtraction: always line up the decimal points before calculating.
    - The two-step process for multiplying decimals: multiply as whole numbers, then count and place the decimal point correctly.
    - A simple method for dividing by a decimal by converting the divisor into a whole number first.
    - How to spot and avoid the most common trap in decimal multiplication, such as confusing 0.12 with 1.2.
    For more free exam prep tools, practice questions, and AI-powered explanations, visit https://open-exam-prep.com/ or YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@Open-exam-prep
    5 min
  • ParaPro Exam Prep 23, Fractions — Concepts, Equivalence, and Operations
    This podcast is made by Ran Chen, who holds an EA license, Insurance and Securities licenses (Series 6, 63, 65), and the CFP® designation. He is passionate about opening access to high-quality exam preparation resources and helping learners prepare more effectively for professional certification exams.
    In this episode you will learn:
    - The fundamental concept of a fraction as a part-to-whole relationship and the specific roles of the numerator and denominator.
    - How to determine if fractions are equivalent and how to simplify them to their lowest terms by using the greatest common factor (GCF).
    - A quick exam strategy for comparing fractions using cross-multiplication to determine which is larger or smaller.
    - The critical rule for adding and subtracting fractions: you must find a common denominator first, and the most common exam trap is to incorrectly add the denominators.
    - The 'Keep, Change, Flip' mnemonic, a memorable shortcut for accurately solving fraction division problems on the ParaPro exam.
    For more free exam prep tools, practice questions, and AI-powered explanations, visit https://open-exam-prep.com/ or YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@Open-exam-prep
    5 min
  • ParaPro Exam Prep 22, Whole Number Operations
    This podcast is made by Ran Chen, who holds an EA license, Insurance and Securities licenses (Series 6, 63, 65), and the CFP® designation. He is passionate about opening access to high-quality exam preparation resources and helping learners prepare more effectively for professional certification exams.
    In this episode you will learn:
    - How to correctly apply the order of operations (PEMDAS), focusing on the left-to-right rule for multiplication and division.
    - To identify and avoid the common exam trap of incorrectly prioritizing multiplication over division in problems like '8 ÷ 4 × 2'.
    - A mental math shortcut for multiplication using the distributive property, such as breaking down 24 × 13 into (24 × 10) + (24 × 3).
    - The critical importance of aligning numbers by place value for addition and subtraction to prevent simple calculation errors.
    - Strategies for deconstructing multi-step word problems to ensure all necessary operations are performed in the correct sequence.
    For more free exam prep tools, practice questions, and AI-powered explanations, visit https://open-exam-prep.com/ or YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@Open-exam-prep
    5 min
  • ParaPro Exam Prep 21, Number Sense and Place Value
    This podcast is made by Ran Chen, who holds an EA license, Insurance and Securities licenses (Series 6, 63, 65), and the CFP® designation. He is passionate about opening access to high-quality exam preparation resources and helping learners prepare more effectively for professional certification exams.
    In this episode you will learn:
    - How to deconstruct any number into its place value components, from thousands to thousandths.
    - The two primary ways expanded form is presented on the ParaPro exam.
    - A reliable strategy for accurately comparing and ordering decimals to avoid common errors.
    - The most common exam trap related to rounding and the precise method to avoid it.
    - A memorable mnemonic phrase to simplify the rounding process: "Find the place, look next door."
    For more free exam prep tools, practice questions, and AI-powered explanations, visit https://open-exam-prep.com/ or YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@Open-exam-prep
    4 min
  • ParaPro Exam Prep 20, Common Reading Question Traps on the ParaPro
    This podcast is made by Ran Chen, who holds an EA license, Insurance and Securities licenses (Series 6, 63, 65), and the CFP® designation. He is passionate about opening access to high-quality exam preparation resources and helping learners prepare more effectively for professional certification exams.
    In this episode you will learn:
    - How to distinguish a true but secondary detail from the main idea of a passage.
    - Why absolute words like 'all,' 'only,' and 'never' are often red flags in answer choices.
    - The strategy of re-reading the specific sentence to define vocabulary-in-context words correctly.
    - The critical difference between an author's tone (attitude) and the reader's mood (feeling).
    - A process-of-elimination technique for 'NOT' and 'EXCEPT' questions by identifying the three true statements first.
    For more free exam prep tools, practice questions, and AI-powered explanations, visit https://open-exam-prep.com/ or YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@Open-exam-prep
    5 min
  • ParaPro Exam Prep 19, Reading Classroom Application — Scaffolding for Diverse Learners
    This podcast is made by Ran Chen, who holds an EA license, Insurance and Securities licenses (Series 6, 63, 65), and the CFP® designation. He is passionate about opening access to high-quality exam preparation resources and helping learners prepare more effectively for professional certification exams.
    In this episode you will learn:
    - Scaffolding is a temporary support system, like using visuals or graphic organizers, that is gradually removed as a student masters a skill.
    - For English learners, effective scaffolding involves pre-teaching key vocabulary and building background knowledge before they engage with a text.
    - To support struggling readers, use strategies like chunking text into smaller parts, paired reading, and providing graphic organizers to track information.
    - Challenge advanced readers by asking higher-level questions that encourage deeper analysis of the existing lesson content, rather than assigning unrelated work.
    - The paraeducator's primary role is to reinforce the teacher's instruction; exam answers should reflect supporting the existing lesson plan, not creating a new one.
    For more free exam prep tools, practice questions, and AI-powered explanations, visit https://open-exam-prep.com/ or YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@Open-exam-prep
    4 min
  • ParaPro Exam Prep 18, Assessing Reading
    This podcast is made by Ran Chen, who holds an EA license, Insurance and Securities licenses (Series 6, 63, 65), and the CFP® designation. He is passionate about opening access to high-quality exam preparation resources and helping learners prepare more effectively for professional certification exams.
    In this episode you will learn:
    - To differentiate between a running record (counting errors) and a miscue analysis (analyzing error types).
    - The three key reading levels: Independent (95-100% accuracy), Instructional (90-94%), and Frustration (below 90%).
    - How to calculate reading accuracy rates and Words Correct Per Minute (WCPM) in exam-style scenarios.
    - To identify the 'instructional level' as the correct choice for guided reading and direct teaching activities.
    - To recognize common ParaPro exam traps that test your ability to apply the right assessment tool for a specific purpose.
    For more free exam prep tools, practice questions, and AI-powered explanations, visit https://open-exam-prep.com/ or YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@Open-exam-prep
    4 min
  • ParaPro Exam Prep 17, Supporting Emergent Readers and Decoding
    This podcast is made by Ran Chen, who holds an EA license, Insurance and Securities licenses (Series 6, 63, 65), and the CFP® designation. He is passionate about opening access to high-quality exam preparation resources and helping learners prepare more effectively for professional certification exams.
    In this episode you will learn:
    - That decoding is the skill of sounding out words using phonics, which is distinct from memorizing irregular sight words like 'the' or 'said'.
    - To support struggling decoders with explicit, systematic phonics instruction using tools like letter tiles and decodable texts.
    - How to spot a common exam trap: avoiding comprehension-based strategies when the student's problem is a foundational decoding weakness.
    - The difference between a decoding deficit (can't sound out words) and a fluency deficit (reads slowly and choppily) and their different interventions.
    - How to identify which of the three cueing systems (graphophonic, syntactic, semantic) a student is using or neglecting in an exam scenario.
    For more free exam prep tools, practice questions, and AI-powered explanations, visit https://open-exam-prep.com/ or YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@Open-exam-prep
    4 min

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Education Exam Prep is a free, daily podcast by OpenExamPrep covering the most in-demand teacher licensure and education certification exams — including Praxis Core, Praxis Subject Assessments (Math,…