I passed Intro to Educational Psychology today, but...!

[jayAusTex]

This was a difficult test for me. I passed with a score of 58, which makes this my 10th CLEP to take and pass, but I would not have been surprised had I failed it. I was not confident at any point during this exam.

I usually study IC flash cards and the REA book, and when I can answer all the practice questions with about a 90 to 95% accuracy rate I feel confident about the exam. I had reached this point a little earlier than I thought I would so I went ahead and scheduled the exam for today, July 6, 2007.

I read most of the post on the IC forum board regarding this subject and understood that this exam was a little more detailed and worded slightly different from the usual exams.

I can’t remember who stated that there were a lot of “what is the least” type questions, but whoever posted it was dead on. There seemed to be an usual amount of that type of question, which takes extra time to work through.

In addition, there were at least twenty questions regarding some theories that were not covered in IC, REA, or even Peterson’s. I usually don’t cover Peterson’s study material, but after reading all the post about this exam I decided I had better take extra precautions. I also read some on Wikipedia. Something I have never done before.

Of course I’m really happy to have passed this exam and feel quite lucky that I did pass it, but I feel that I should caution anyone who is thinking about taking this one to be really prepared for a tough exam.

I took and passed Intro to Psychology back in 2005, and read where this would help me with this exam as these exams dove tail each other, but I really can’t say it helped me all that much. Maybe because I waited so long before taking this one, but I don’t remember too many questions that were also on the Intro to Psychology exam being on this exam. Maybe my retention is worse than I thought.

So sorry for the long post but I like to give as I receive from this forum. Good luck to everyone and remember to think twice before taking this exam.

Best Regards, Jay




CLEPS

American Government 62
U.S. History I 58
U.S. History II 64
Intro Psychology 56
Humanities 51
Info Systems & Com App 60
Intro Sociology 73
Principles of Marketing 69
Principles of Management 71
Intro. Educational Psychology 58

[Basket Weaver]

Jay,
Thanks for the feedback, I added it to the Specific Exams section so others can learn from your experience. Congrats on the pass. Lee

[ShotoJuku]

Jay, you did very well - Congrats!!

What's Next?

[jayAusTex]

Thanks,

I am surprised at my score, which translates to a B; because I felt I did do not do that well. Not to be ungrateful, but I now wish I could have managed a score of 59 because that is considered an A. So close!

Anyway, no big deal because my university only shows it on my transcript as a “credit’. That kind of bugs me, but in the end its about the degree and not the transcript.

Now, to answer your question, I most likely will be taking my first DANTES exam next. I have a religion requirement I need to fill so World Religions seems to be the most logical one to take.

I am a little concerned because I have read that most of the DANTES study guides are not very helpful. I've already ordered a DANTES book that didn't get very good customer reviews.

My study method depends heavily on secondary material with IC as my primary source, but if the material doesn't match the exam I can't feel very confident going into the exam, so I'm concerned about finding good sources.

I will be reading more comments on the forum later regarding the subject, but if you or anyone else has some advice regarding World Religions and some good DANTES study material to recommend I would love to hear about it.

I am very happpy with all my CLEP's and don't want to spoil my success with an exam that I'm not properly prepared for due to poor or incomplete study material. Thanks in advance for any and all comments.

Best Regards, Jay

[Katterina]

Grats on the exam!

Intro to Educational Psychology scared me to death. It was my very first exam, and only half of my version was covered by IC. Many other questions were common sense, though, and I ended up getting a 62 when I was just sure I had bombed it. Some people say it is easy, but it has been my least favorite exam so far.

Anyway, good luck on World Religions.

[wannabeit]

Congratulations on the pass! Well, I'd failed this test for the second time. (48)
I really thought I'd passed. Apparently, I didn't study hard enough. I did well on all of the Peterson tests, REA book tests, and the guide test. Wow, I really don't know what to say.

[jayAusTex]

Thanks,

Some how I missed this question when you first posted your reply.

My next step will be my very first DSST exam, World Religions. I'm a little concerned over it because I'm not sure how well IC will prepare me for this one, as opposed to the CLEP exams.

I've read enough from the search menu to get confident enough to give it a try using only IC and a study guide I bought off of Amazon that received so-so reviews.

I’ll post my results and opinion on the exam, assuming I don’t chicken out and cancel the exam.

Regards, Jay


CLEPS

American Government 62
U.S. History I 58
U.S. History II 64
Intro Psychology 56
Humanities 51
Info Systms & Com App 60
Intro Sociology 73
Principles of Marketing 69
Principles of Management 71
Intro. Educational Psychology 58

Originally Posted by ShotoJuku

Jay, you did very well - Congrats!!

What's Next?

[cookderosa]

Originally Posted by wannabeit

Congratulations on the pass! Well, I'd failed this test for the second time. (48)
I really thought I'd passed. Apparently, I didn't study hard enough. I did well on all of the Peterson tests, REA book tests, and the guide test. Wow, I really don't know what to say.

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Thats really a bummer! What are you going to do? Try it again or go for something else? I admire that you tried again. I failed Civil War, and just couldn't muster up the drive to study ALL of it again. I just felt like the life was sucked out of me!!