APTET Paper 1 study plan

Map all five domains onto a 56-day grid, marking the 10 mathematics units you cannot yet solve without help and the 8 CDP topics you have never read.

Work 80 arithmetic items (number system, HCF-LCM, ratio, percentage) as two 40-item timed sets at 90 seconds per item and score each set honestly.

Draft a one-page table comparing Piaget's four stages, Kohlberg's three levels and Vygotsky's ZPD, with one Indian classroom example per row.

Log every incorrect item in a notebook, naming the rule or step that failed, and re-solve it after 48 hours.

Solve 60 geometry and mensuration problems covering perimeter, area, volume, symmetry and time-money measurement, keeping a 90-second cap per item.

Write 12 mathematics-pedagogy notes (van Hiele levels, error analysis, diagnostic testing, TLM from local material, problem-solving heuristics) as one-line teaching moves you could defend in an answer.

Produce a 150-word written comparison of Piaget's and Vygotsky's views on language and thought, from memory, then check it against your Week 1 chart.

Re-attempt every Week 1 error-log entry and mark which rules still slip.

Sort 150 EVS facts from the themes of family, plants, animals, food and water into a three-column table of fact, source of evidence and exam-ready one-liner.

Draw and label three diagrams from memory (digestive system, parts of a plant, water cycle) and check each against a textbook figure.

Explain 10 CDP concepts (motivation, transfer of learning, theories of intelligence, inclusive education, learning disabilities) with one classroom illustration each.

Answer 40 mixed EVS multiple-choice items and tag every miss to a theme gap rather than to carelessness.

Cover the EVS themes of shelter, travel, natural resources, disasters and local governance, writing 40 one-liners on Indian geography, civic bodies and safety rules.

Write 8 EVS-pedagogy notes explaining observation, project work, local-resource TLM, field trips and continuous assessment in EVS.

Complete two English reading-comprehension passages under 8 minutes each and mark every inference question you missed.

Sit one 60-item sectional test drawn only from domains 1, 4 and 5 and record the score per domain.

Master 25 English grammar rules (tense, articles, prepositions, subject-verb agreement, active-passive, direct-indirect) and apply them in 100 fill-in-the-blank items.

Build a 40-entry vocabulary log of confusable word pairs, idioms and phrasal verbs, each with one original example sentence.

Revise Telugu sandhi, samasa and vibhakti rules by solving 60 items and naming the pattern behind each error.

Read one Telugu passage aloud daily for 10 minutes and summarise it in three written sentences.

Write 10 language-pedagogy notes covering LSRW skills, reading approaches, remedial teaching, the multilingual classroom and assessment of language.

Draft four model compositions (two English, two Telugu) of about 100 words each within 12 minutes per piece.

Complete six comprehension passages, three per language, timing each at 8 minutes and reviewing every wrong option.

Memorise 15 Telugu idioms and 15 English idioms and use each in a sentence to prove retention.

Re-solve every error-log entry from Weeks 1 to 6 and close only those that now pass twice on separate days.

Answer 60 CDP recall questions on theorists, assessment types, RTE 2009 provisions and learning disabilities, targeting 85%.

Rebuild the geometry formula sheet and the Piaget-Kohlberg-Vygotsky chart from blank paper in 20 minutes.

Run one full 150-item mock in 150 minutes and classify every error by domain and by cause.

Sit two full 150-item mocks on consecutive days and raise the second score above the first.

Recite 30 CDP flashcard one-liners (theorists, key terms, RTE 2009 and NEP 2020 keywords) without notes.

Re-do the 30 English grammar items missed in Week 5 and state the governing rule for each before answering.

Write a one-page exam-day plan fixing section order, minutes per domain and a review buffer.