For a free booklet of practice materials for the general test, entitled General Test Descriptive Booklet, write the GRE test publisher at this address: Graduate Record Examinations Educational Testing Service P.O. Box 6000 Princeton NJ 08541-6000 Here are a few guides to GRE test preparation available via the World Wide Web; please be forewarned that the best which you will get from the Internet as of now are pointers to test taking materials, not the materials themselves. The Princeton Review GRE preparation page: http://www.REVIEW.COM/grad/gre/gre_prep.html A Tipsheet on taking the GRE: http://www.gasou.edu/psychweb/tipsheet/gre.htm The Educational Testing Service (ETS) gopher site: gopher to gopher.ets.org/choose TESTS & SERVICES/choose Graduate Record Examinations Here is a recent print resource which you should be able to access via your local library or bookstore which should be helpful: Graduate Records Examinations & Educational Testing Service. (1994). GRE: practicing to take the general test: the only guide containing actual GRE general tests (9th ed.). Princeton, NJ: ETS. ISBN: 0446394696. (pbk). ********************************************************************* ERIC descriptors used to produce these citations: Graduate Records Examination, Test Wiseness, and Test Coaching. ED308214 TM013546 Selective Bibliography of Professional Tests. Wilcox, Richard P. 1989 16p. EDRS Price - MF01/PC01 Plus Postage. Language: English Document Type: BIBLIOGRAPHY (131) Target Audience: Students This 147-item bibliography of examination study guides is intended for use by undergraduate students who are preparing for examinations for admission to graduate or professional schools as well as for college graduates who are preparing for civil service tests for professional or managerial positions, such as police officer, accountant, and air traffic controller. Study guides for examinations such as the Graduate Record Examination and specific examinations for entrance into medical school or law school are included. Guides to examinations for undergraduate admission, such as the Scholastic Aptitude Test or American College Testing program are excluded, as are study guides for the civil service examinations for clerical or trade positions. Study guides are listed according to the Library of Congress classification. It is important to recognize that these classification numbers are subject to change. (SLD) Descriptors: Bibliographies; *College Entrance Examinations; College Graduates; Higher Education; Instructional Materials; *Licensing Examinations (Professions); *Occupational Tests; Professional Education; Standardized Tests; *Study Guides; *Test Coaching; *Undergraduate Students Identifiers: Civil Service; Graduate Record Examinations EJ320524 TM510643 Effects of Coaching on GRE Aptitude Test Scores. Powers, Donald E. Journal of Educational Measurement, v22 n2 p121-136 Sum 1985 Available From: UMI Language: English Document Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE (080); RESEARCH REPORT (143) After adjusting for different background characteristics of students, effects on test scores were related to the length and type of test coaching programs offered. The data suggest that the test item types in the Graduate Record Examination General Test appear to show little susceptibility to formal coaching experiences. (Author/DWH) Descriptors: Academic Aptitude; Academic Aspiration; Aptitude Tests; *College Entrance Examinations; Higher Education; Multiple Regression Analysis; *Program Effectiveness; Scores; Student Characteristics; *Test Coaching; Test Interpretation; Test Wiseness; Time on Task Identifiers: *Graduate Record Examinations; Kaplan Educational Center ED265170 TM850653 The Impact of Self-Study on GRE Test Performance. Swinton, Spencer S.; Powers, Donald E. Jun 1985 89p. EDRS Price - MF01/PC04 Plus Postage. Language: English Document Type: RESEARCH REPORT (143); TEST, QUESTIONNAIRE (160) The study reported here was intended to "round out" the Graduate Record Examinations (GRE) Board's continuing study of special test preparation for the GRE General Test by providing information that was previously unavailable on the effects of one kind of special test preparation--self-test-familiarization for the verbal and quantitative sections of the test and for the revised analytical portion. The impact of receiving, and of being encouraged to study, the newly expanded "GRE Information Bulletin" and copies of disclosed forms of the GRE General Test was investigated in an experimental design in which randomly selected samples of test takers were encouraged to prepare in various ways for the test. In a previous similar study of the analytical section of the test, self-study was found to improve performance on two analytical item types that were subsequently removed from the test. In the present study, no practically significant effects were detected for the verbal, quantitative, or revised analytical sections of the test. Appendices include: (1) test-taking strategies for each section of the test; (2) suggestions for improving speed; (3) review for the quantitative section of the GRE Aptitude Test; (4) example of one sample test; and (5) letters of encouragement and nonencouragement. (Author/LMO) Descriptors: *College Entrance Examinations; Higher Education; *Independent Study; *Mathematics Tests; Multivariate Analysis; Questionnaires; *Scores; Study Skills; Tables (Data); *Test Coaching; Testing Programs; *Verbal Tests Identifiers: Analytical Tests; *Graduate Record Examinations; Practice Tests ED258984 TM850324 Test Score Changes on the GRE General (Aptitude) Test. Powers, Donald E; And Others Jan 1985 42p. EDRS Price - MF01/PC02 Plus Postage. Language: English Document Type: RESEARCH REPORT (143) Test repetition is a significant phenomenon in standardized admissions testing in terms of the numbers of examinees involved. This study was initiated to determine what additional advice might be offered to test takers contemplating repetition of the Graduate Record Examinations (GRE) and test users confronted with how to interpret multiple test scores in the admissions process. The study provided additional support for advising test takers of the desirability of test preparation. Several techniques for evaluating multiple test scores were presented including use of the highest score, the most recent score, or the average of all test scores. The average of several scores, if earned in a short period of time, may be the best technique. However, regardless of the approach adopted, it should be used consistently with all applicants. Through a survey of examinees who had repeated the GRE General (Aptitude) Test, this study documented some of the factors involved in GRE test takers' decisions to repeat the test and examined the relationship of these factors to test score changes. (DWH) Descriptors: Aptitude Tests; College Admission; *College Entrance Examinations; Higher Education; Scores; Standardized Tests; *Student Attitudes; *Test Coaching; Test Use Identifiers: Graduate Record Examinations; Score Variation; *Test Repeaters EJ304980 TM509095 Effects of Self-Study for Coachable Test Item Types. Powers, Donald E.; Swinton, Spencer S. Journal of Educational Psychology, v76 n2 p266-78 Apr 1984 The research for this report was sponsored by the Graduate Record Examinations Board (GREB) under the auspices of the GREB Research Committee. Available From: UMI Language: English Document Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE (080); RESEARCH REPORT (143) This experimental study was conducted to: (1) provide further information on the susceptibility to special preparation of three Graduate Record Examination analytical item types; (2) determine the efficacy of self-study test familiarization materials for these types; and (3) ascertain the effects of several different components of special preparation. (Author/BS) Descriptors: *College Entrance Examinations; Graduate Study; Higher Education; Independent Study; Performance Factors; Scores; *Study Guides; *Test Coaching; *Test Items; Test Validity; Test Wiseness Identifiers: *Graduate Record Examinations