I recently took the ATI TEAS 6 and scored in the 97th percentile. I would like to help those who have worries or questions regarding the new TEAS test. I am more than happy to answer your questions regarding the test without disclosing any questions specifically. That being said, I will break down what you should know to the best of my ability.
READING
- Can't stress this enough, know what can be found in a dictionary, thesaurus, encyclopedia, index, glossary, appendix, and table of contents. I had several questions on these.
- Be able to pull information from a visual medium (graph, picture, map, etc.)
- Know the difference between facts, opinions, biases, and stereotypes
- Know if a text is being informative, persuasive, or expository
- Know the difference between connotation and denotation, and be able to infer the definition of a word based on the context of a sentence
- Be able to summarize or draw a conclusion from a given text
- Be able to distinguish between a topic sentence, the main idea, and supporting details of a text
- Know the difference between something being chronological or sequential
MATH
A preface on the math section; just because a calculator is used on this version of the TEAS does not mean the math this time is significantly more difficult than previous versions of the TEAS. You can expect mostly the same concepts.
- Be comfortable converting between fractions, decimals, and percentages
- Be able to do basic arithmetic (add, subtract, multiply, divide)
- Know your order of operations (aka PEMDAS) when doing equations
- Solve equations with one variable
- Ranking rationals numbers from least to greatest, or vice versa
- Know how to do to percent increase/decrease problems
- Know how to convert between different units (conversation rates are given to you in the problem!)
- Know what is positive, negative, and no correlation
- Know what skewness is (i.e. when a distribution is skewed left or right)
- Know what independent and dependent variables are and be able to recognize them in a problem
- There are a few basic geometry problems regarding area and length calculation (again, formulae are given to you!)
SCIENCE
Another preface! The science section is the biggest section and is mostly anatomy and physiology. The rest of is comprised of general chemistry and some cell biology.
- Know the anatomical position and the terminology associated with it (e.g. superior and inferior)
- Know the functions of organelles
- Know the hierarchy of an organism, from atom to organism
- Know the structure and function of the 11 organ systems as best you can
- Know the four major macromolecules and what they are made of
- Know about the differences between chromosomes, genes, and DNA
- Know base pairing for nucleotides
- Know how to do a Punnett square and the terminology associated with it
- Know the charges and weights of electrons, protons, and neutrons
- Know what a covalent or ionic bond is
- Know the terms for changing between different states of matter
- Be able to balance a chemical equation
- Be able to determine if a scientific experiment is empirical or poorly designed
ENGLISH
If I had to give a single piece of advice for the English section, it is that just thinking you are literate enough to get a great grade is not enough. Many questions ask about specific grammar terminology you likely need to study beforehand.
- Know when to use an apostrophe, colon, comma, and other types of punctuation in a sentence
- Know the difference between an adjective, adverb, predicate, preposition, dependent/independent clause, and pronoun
- Know the difference between a sentence fragment and a run on sentence
- Know what subject-verb agreement and pronoun-antecedent agreement is
- Know the difference between slang, formal, and informal language
That is all I can come up with at the moment. Feel free to ask questions!
