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A current guide to the 2-hour-30-minute Praxis Chemistry 5246 exam, including 125 selected-response questions, reference-screen tools, Science and Engineering Practices, and teaching-science tasks.
Praxis Chemistry 5246 measures chemistry content, scientific reasoning, data interpretation, and classroom decision-making for beginning chemistry teachers. Preparation should balance core chemistry domains with SEP integration and teaching-scenario practice.
Use these ETS structure points to organize Chemistry 5246 preparation around content domains, references, SEPs, and teaching tasks.
ETS lists 2 hours 30 minutes for Praxis Chemistry 5246.
The Study Companion lists 125 selected-response questions, including items that may require one or more answer choices.
ETS provides a periodic table as a Help screen, with physical constants and selected SI conversion factors as needed.
ETS says half or more of questions integrate chemistry content knowledge with one or more Science and Engineering Practices.
Praxis Chemistry 5246 assigns about 14% to Nature and Impact of Science and Engineering, 25% to Principles and Models of Matter and Energy, 20% to Chemical Composition, Bonding, and Structure, 23% to Chemical Reactions and Periodicity, and 18% to Solutions and Acid-Base Chemistry. The highest-weight areas are matter and energy, reactions, and bonding.
ETS expects candidates to interpret data, design investigations, use models, explain phenomena, evaluate claims, apply laboratory safety, and connect chemistry with technology, society, and the environment. Prep should mix core chemistry practice with graphs, particle models, error analysis, stoichiometric reasoning, thermochemistry, kinetics, equilibrium, and acid-base interpretation.
About one quarter to one third of the exam applies chemistry to teaching tasks. HiraEdu practice includes identifying misconceptions, selecting demonstrations, interpreting student data, choosing safe lab procedures, matching representations to concepts, and evaluating explanations for secondary chemistry instruction.
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Praxis Chemistry 5246 is the ETS subject assessment for beginning chemistry teachers. The official ETS Study Companion lists a 2-hour 30-minute computer-delivered test with 125 selected-response questions. ETS states that candidates do not need calculators; a periodic table, physical constants, and selected SI conversions are available through a Help screen or in question text when needed.
HiraEdu prepares candidates around the five ETS content domains: Nature and Impact of Science and Engineering, Principles and Models of Matter and Energy, Chemical Composition, Bonding, and Structure, Chemical Reactions and Periodicity, and Solutions and Acid-Base Chemistry. Prep also emphasizes Science and Engineering Practices, which appear in half or more of questions, and teaching-science tasks, which appear in about one quarter to one third of the exam.
The official ETS Study Companion lists 2 hours 30 minutes for Chemistry 5246.
ETS lists 125 selected-response questions.
ETS states that candidates will not need to use calculators for Chemistry 5246.
ETS says the periodic table is available as a Help screen, along with physical constants and selected SI conversion factors; additional values are included in question text when necessary.
The exam covers Nature and Impact of Science and Engineering, Principles and Models of Matter and Energy, Chemical Composition, Bonding, and Structure, Chemical Reactions and Periodicity, and Solutions and Acid-Base Chemistry.
Check the Praxis passing score required by the state or agency that will receive the Chemistry 5246 score.
Build a tracker for the five ETS domains and prioritize matter and energy, reactions and periodicity, and bonding and structure.
Practice atomic structure, periodic trends, bonding, molecular geometry, stoichiometry, thermodynamics, kinetics, equilibrium, solutions, and acid-base systems.
Work data analysis, experimental design, model evaluation, safety choices, student misconceptions, and instructional scenarios into timed practice.
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