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TSA: Section 1 does not require a lot of extra study as it is a test of skills and aptitudes that students already possess. You can get familiar with the test format by doing practice papers, available for download below.
Anyone offering a paid service to help you prepare for TSA: Section 1 will have no more knowledge than someone who has read the information on this website and done practice tests. So while a test-taker’s performance at any test will improve with some familiarisation or practice, we would not advise anyone to pay for such help.
TSA Specimen Test TSA Specimen Answer Sheet TSA Specimen Answer Key TSA Specimen Explained Answers
TSA 2019 Section 1 TSA 2019 Section 1 Answer Key TSA 2019 Section 1 Score Conversion
TSA 2018 Section 1 TSA 2018 Section 1 Answer Key TSA 2018 Section 1 Score Conversion
For more practice papers, go to our TSA Oxford preparation page and click in the area marked Section 1 practice papers – Thinking Skills Assessment. These are past papers that were produced for TSA Oxford, but are equivalent in format and level to TSA: Section 1 for application to Cambridge.
TSA Question Guide 2020
Please note, the Question Guide has replaced the Test Specification.
Thinking Skills by Butterworth, John and Thwaites, Geoff Critical Reasoning: A Practical Introduction by Thomson, Anne Thinking from A to Z (2nd Edition) by Warburton, Nigel Critical Thinking: An Introduction by Fisher, Alec
An introduction to the Thinking Skills Assessment (TSA)
In the presentation below we explain why TSA is used by universities for admissions, and provide information about the test and how to prepare for it.
For a general introduction to thinking skills, watch A short film about thinking.
