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November 8th, 2009 4:21:17 pm GED Test Subjects
The GED is a set of five exams encompassing the core subjects that are taught in traditional high school. The GED is for adult students, who for some reason or another, did not complete high school. When the GED exam is passed, the student will receive a diploma that is the equivilant to a high school diploma. It can help a person get a job, and even help them get into college.
The five parts of the GED consist of language arts-writing, language arts-reading, social studies, math and science. There are roughly 250 questions and one essay on the GED. The questions are mostly multiple choice.
The language arts-writing portion of the GED consists of two parts. The first part is a fifty questions multiple choice sections. The test taker has one hour and fifteen minutes to answer these questions. The second part of the language arts-writing section consists of an essay. The test taker has forty-five minutes to write an essay on the given prompt. The language arts-writing section of the GED focuses on skills such as sentence structure, grammar (both print and mechanical). The GED also goes over proper usage of words and the organization of sentences and essays.
The language arts-reading portion of the GED consists of one part. This part has forty questions and the test taker has one hour and five minutes to complete this section. The language arts-reading portion of the GED focuses on reading comprehension by having the test taker read several different types of documents including poetry, drama, nonfiction, fiction, and community and career documents. The questions test the reader to make sure they read the piece for understanding. The passages are available for the test taker to refer back to while answering the questions.
The social studies portion of the GED consists of one part. This part has fifty questions and the test taker is given one hour and ten minutes to answer the questions. The questions cover five areas: US History, World History, Geography, Civics, and Economics. The questions ask the test taker to do everything from reading graphs, analyzing political cartoons, remembering key facts and dates in history, as well as reading maps.
The math portion of the GED consists of two parts. The first part consists of twenty-five questions and the test taker is given forty-five minutes to complete this section. The test taker is provided with a calculator to complete this portion of the test. The second part of the test consists of twenty-five questions. The test taker is given forty-five minutes to complete this section. The test is not allowed to use a calculator for this portion of the math section of the GED. In total, the math portion of the test consists of four parts: Measurements and Geometry, alegebra, data analysis/statistics, and number operations and number sense. In the math section, the test taker is asked to perform simple math functions, solve alegebra equations, arrange data, and interpret graphs, among many other skills.
The final portion of the GED is the science portion. The science portion consists of one part. This part has fifty questions and the test taker is given one hour and twenty minutes to complete the science portion of the GED. The science portion covers three main sections: Life Science, Physical Science, and Earth and Space Science. The science section asks test takers to analyze charts and graphs, as well as remember prior knowledge on all science subjects.
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