Exam Preparation
- ABCTE PTK Practice Writing Package
Preparing for the writing section of the ABCTE Professional Teaching Knowledge (PTK) examination can be challenging. The ABCTE PTK Practice Writing Package supports your preparation by affording you the opportunity to practice with up to four PTK writing samples for immediate evaluation. Powered by IntelliMetric®, within seconds you’ll receive a score that will allow you to better prepare yourself for the actual ABCTE exam. IntelliMetric® utilizes advanced Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology to score open-ended essays with unparalleled scoring accuracy.
The PTK Practice Package includes:
- 4 scored submissions on 2 different practice prompts
- Grammar and spell-checking features
- An online thesaurus and word bank
- Diagnostic feedback and score interpretation
- Guide to Grammar and Writing
The Guide to Grammar and Writing is sponsored by the Capital Community College Foundation, a nonprofit organization that supports scholarships, faculty development, and curriculum innovation. Also see their resource on Principles of Composition.
- Paradigm Online Writing Assistant
Paradigm is an interactive, menu-driven, online writer's guide and handbook.
- Purdue's Online Writing Lab
The OWL website contains over one Gigabyte of writing-related material, with new material being added almost every month. The website contains hypertext workshops, subject tutorials, huge collections of links to help users find information on the Internet, PowerPoint presentations about all aspects of writing, and a voluminous quantity of web pages. The site covers all aspects of writing – from essay writing to establishing arguments to punctuation.
- Writing Preparation Online Course
Straighterline offers an online basic writing course that examines the fundamental process, theories, and methods that enhance a student's overall writing ability. It introduces various strategies for writing within multiple disciplines and professions and examines basic principles of effective college-level writing through drafting and revising sentences, paragraphs, and essays. Topics to improve sentence structure and clarity include grammar, punctuation, and word choice. In addition to learning proper research techniques, students explore various writing genres including narration, cause and effect, compare and contrast, definition, and argumentation.
Writing professionals will carefully review and provide personalized feedback to students for 7 graded essays and 7 essay drafts.
