Wednesday, January 30, 2013

Learning Express

1. A fourth grader who needs help with reading comprehension should be shown to the reading skills improvement page and the 4th grade reading practice showing him/her the comprehension practice exams. I would also show this student that after they take the exams that they can go back and she what the correct answer is and why. 2. on improving office manager skills I went to job search & work place skills and went into the locating info practice test. This was a nice little test that gets you familiar with reading charts, graphs, invoices, etc. Although when I was going through the test I did find a typo. Is there any way to contact them and let them know? But this would definately help brush up on some of the skills you may be called upon to do as an office manager. 3. A student looking for info on nursing or pharmacy, I went into Jobs& Careers under nursing and caree guidance and found a downloadable book about the nursing field. I didn't see anything in there about Pharmacy and when I did a search it just came up with pharmacy exams.

1 comment:

Jane Heitman Healy said...

Thanks for your comments. Yes, please email me (jane.healy@state.sd.us) the typo info (which test, which question, etc.), and we'll pass it on to the vendor. Thanks for noticing! Good suggestions here. The office manager may also like to look at the items under the Skill Building for Adults tab, depending on exactly which skills she needs to improve. You found some good stuff for the health-career minded student. A look at the pharmacy practice tests would help him see the kinds of things pharmacy grads are expected to know. Thanks for your work here!