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A secondary physics teacher exam guide for the ETS selected-response format, mechanics-heavy weighting, electricity and magnetism, waves, matter and energy, science practices, and teaching tasks.
Praxis 5266 preparation should emphasize mechanics while keeping electricity and magnetism, waves, matter and energy, science and engineering practices, reference-screen familiarity, and teaching scenarios active.
Use these official structure points to organize Physics study.
ETS lists Praxis 5266 as a selected-response exam with multiple selected-response item types.
The exam is 2 hours and 30 minutes.
The current ETS study companion lists 125 selected-response questions.
Mechanics is the largest category at 44 questions, or 35%.
Mechanics accounts for 35% of the exam. Candidates should prioritize kinematics, Newton's laws, forces, gravitation, circular motion, harmonic motion, work, energy, momentum, rotation, fluids, and collisions.
ETS states that no calculator is needed, but a periodic table, constants, and selected SI conversion factors are available. Practice setting up relationships, units, and proportional reasoning without depending on a formula sheet.
Half or more of the questions integrate science and engineering practices, and a meaningful share apply content to teaching tasks. Practice data analysis, models, investigations, safety, student misconceptions, and instructional choices.
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Praxis Physics 5266 is designed to measure knowledge and competencies important for safe and effective beginning practice as a physics teacher. ETS lists a 2-hour, 30-minute computer-delivered exam with 125 selected-response questions. Candidates do not need to use a calculator; the periodic table, physical constants, and selected SI conversion factors are available as help screens when needed.
The current ETS study companion divides the exam into Nature and Impact of Science and Engineering at 15 questions, or 12%; Principles and Models of Matter and Energy at 19 questions, or 15%; Mechanics at 44 questions, or 35%; Electricity and Magnetism at 26 questions, or 21%; and Waves at 21 questions, or 17%. ETS also notes that half or more of the questions integrate science and engineering practices, and about one-quarter to one-third apply physics content to tasks of teaching science.
ETS lists the exam as 2 hours and 30 minutes.
The current ETS study companion lists 125 selected-response questions.
ETS states that candidates do not need to use a calculator for this test.
ETS says the periodic table of the elements is available as a Help screen, along with physical constants and selected SI conversion factors.
Mechanics is the largest category at 44 questions, or 35% of the exam.
Track Nature and Impact of Science and Engineering, Matter and Energy, Mechanics, Electricity and Magnetism, and Waves separately.
Use frequent mechanics problem sets for forces, motion, energy, momentum, rotation, fluids, and collisions before broadening to other domains.
Strengthen algebraic manipulation, units, graphs, proportional reasoning, and estimation because ETS says a calculator is not needed.
Use full 125-question timed sessions to build endurance across conceptual, mathematical, data, and teaching-scenario questions.
Use the guide to self-serve, or talk to a coordinator if you need help mapping timelines, official requirements, or troubleshooting day-of logistics.
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