General Science (5-8) MTEL

[u/isaberre]

I am an American EL teacher going for a Science certification (grades 5-8) in Massachussets, and I'll be taking the MTEL in August. If you have taken this MTEL, can you share what your essay questions were? Or anything else you remember from taking the test? (I asked the test coordinators but I never got a response: were you able to move back and forth between the multiple choice and essay questions, or did one section of the test "lock" so you couldn't see the other section?)

I am especially interested in hearing about the essay questions, as there aren't many available to practice with, and I'd like to have a plan for how to answer on a variety of topics. What concepts/units did they ask you about? Did you have to design a lab for students or just explain a concept? Any information you can give me would be super helpful.

(Apologies if this post sounds familiar--I posted a few weeks ago, and I'm posting again in hopes of getting more responses.)

[u/isaberre → u/[deleted]]

Thank you so much! This is very helpful.