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FTCE Middle Grades General Science Test

The FTCE Middle Grades General Science 5-9 Exam comprises approximately 120 multiple-choice questions. Question formats include direct questions, sentence completion, graphics, commands, and scenarios. Each question has four possible answer options, (A, B, C, or D).

These questions cover content knowledge in nine core competencies, and each competency covers between four and 18 skill areas that demonstrate the requisite knowledge. These core competencies and skills are representative of the knowledge that has been determined by content specialists to be important for beginning teachers of general science in grades five through nine.

You will need to demonstrate knowledge in the following core competencies:

• Structure and behavior of matter
• Forces and motion and their relationship
• Energy and its effects
• Earth and the processes that affect it
• Space science
• Processes of life
• Effects of physical and biological factors on the environment
• Classroom and laboratory management
• Process skills and application of scientific inquiry

Each of the above competencies is assigned a percentage, which reflects the number of test items in that content area compared to the total number of items on the exam.

For the FTCE Middle Grades General Science 5-9 Exam, you will receive a test booklet and a separate answer sheet on which to bubble your responses to the questions.

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