Book Resources
The following are a list of recommended books to supplement test preparation guides and other materials. Copies of the following are available at Sci 211 for checkout. This list will continue to be updated so please check in frequently. Remember to also visit the CSME Annex Resource Center for more textbook related materials and study guides.
Mathematics (CBEST & CSET)
CBEST
CPM Core Connections: 1, 2, and 3. Kysh, Dietiker, Sallee, Hamada, and Hoey
Holt Algebra I
CSET Subtest I (110) and II (111)
CPM Core Connections: Algebra II. Kysh, Dietiker, Sallee, Hamada, and Hoey
CPM Core Connections: Geometry. Kysh, Dietiker, Sallee, Hamada, and Hoey
Prentice Hall Algebra and Trigonometry
Prentice Hall Geometry
Discovering Geometry: An Investigative Approach. Key Curriculum Press
CSET Subtest III (112)
CPM Pre-Calculus Second Edition Volume 1. Sallee, Kysh, Kasimatis, and Hoey.
CPM Calculus Second Edition Volume 1. Dietiker, Kysh, Sallee, and Hoey
CPM Calculus Second Edition Volume 2. Dietiker, Kysh, Sallee, and Hoey
Precalculus: Graphing and Data Analysis. Sullivan.
Calculus: Early Transcendentals. Stewart.
Science (CSET)
Biological science (Regular): Subtest I (118), Subtest ii (119), and subtest III (120)
Biological Science (Specialized): Subtest III (120), and Subtest IV (124)
Biology: 9th Edition. Campbell
Chemistry (Regular): Subtest I (118), Subtest II (119), and Subtest III (120)
Chemistry (Specialized): Subtest III (121), and Subtest IV (125)
Chemistry: 9th Edition: Zumdahl
Chemistry: Matter and Change: Glencoe Science
World of Chemistry: Zumdahl
Geosciences (Regular): Subtest I (118), Subtest II (119), and Subtest III (122)
Geosciences (Specialized): Subtest III (122), and Subtest IV (126)
Earth Science. Holt Science and Technology
Earth Science: Geology, the Environment, and the Universe. Glencoe Science
Physics (Regular): Subtest I (118), Subtest II (119), and Subtest III (123)
Physics (Specialized): Subtest III (123), and Subtest IV (127)
Conceptual Physics, 10th Edition. Hewitt.
CBEST Test Preparation Guides
CliffsNotes
Kaplan
XAM
CSET Test Preparation Guides
CliffsNotes
Kaplan
Princeton Review
REA
XAM
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