How much longer until we're ready? Hit a brick wall...
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How much longer until we're ready? Hit a brick wall...
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03-18-2015, 11:09 AM
My 14y/o son is studying for the US History I. Sigh. He's been studying the Instacert with about 75% correct at this point. His Peterson practice tests were 48% and 46% raw score. His REA was 47% raw score. How much longer to study? It feels like we are at a brick wall, so to speak. Thanks for your feedback!!
03-18-2015, 11:16 AM
ajbags Wrote:My 14y/o son is studying for the US History I. Sigh. He's been studying the Instacert with about 75% correct at this point. His Peterson practice tests were 48% and 46% raw score. His REA was 47% raw score. How much longer to study? It feels like we are at a brick wall, so to speak. Thanks for your feedback!! If he's having trouble retaining just from instacert, I would consider other study materials to supplement. Please check the specific exam feedback forum for resources that others used when studying for this exam.
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03-18-2015, 11:22 AM
Thanks! I did make him a 21 page study guide that he is studying as well. So much of the study guide is the exam information provided on this forum. Those things are highlighted for him to focus on, so I feel like that will yield him quite a few questions on the test, as it is my understanding that he will see several of them on his test.
03-18-2015, 12:20 PM
(This post was last modified: 03-18-2015, 12:37 PM by CollegeKid.)
Sometimes it helps kids to watch a video on a topic. You may want to look at EducationPortal to see what they have. They now charge for their service and I don't know how much it is... but when it was free the videos were helpful and had cartoon like characters which can help you remember. Hope it clicks for him soon!!!
One more thing... I don't suggest taking the test until you pass a practice test. It's not a magic formula, but it's a simple rule of thumb that we have used to indicate "readiness".
03-18-2015, 01:48 PM
If something isn't working, don't keep doing it over and over. Try something different. You can find a list of low cost and free alternatives here: History of the United States I CLEP Free Study Guide - Free-Clep-Prep.com
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03-18-2015, 01:52 PM
clep3705 Wrote:If something isn't working, don't keep doing it over and over. Try something different. You can find a list of low cost and free alternatives here: History of the United States I CLEP Free Study Guide - Free-Clep-Prep.com He got a 57% on this one. I think our biggest problem now is that he's just so stinking tired of studying, so he just daydreams when he's supposed to be learning (you know, he is 14, lol).
03-18-2015, 01:55 PM
I just passed the test a few weeks ago. I bought the $10 dollar study guide from free clep prep and it was spot on! There is also a study guide in the feedback section that was good. The instantcert questions where really good as well. Maybe changing up the study material will help. Good Luck!!
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03-18-2015, 05:16 PM
I know how you feel. My 16 y.o. did this. We studied 12 weeks for US history 1 because it was our first and he got bored. I agree that you need the study guide from free-clep-prep.com and that practice test on the FCP website was very helpful for my son. I waited until he was scoring 55's on REA and then we just took it. He scored a 53. We also did watch Education portal videos and "America: The History of Us" On Amazon. He really liked those videos. Just notes and flashcards drove him CRAZY!! I just asked him and he said the FCP test was the best thing he did. He was scoring 90% on that one.
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03-18-2015, 05:42 PM
Browser ate my first reply... I just took this last week as an adult student and found it a bear to study for because of the breadth of information. I used Free-CLEP-Prep, the REA book and practice exams, and watched Crash Course US History and some other videos specifically on the early presidents. What I found is that the topic is so broad that you can study on one test until you have it cold, then the very next one will hose you due to left field questions. What I did was take each test in order (FCP, REA diag, REA Practice #1 and #2) and made a little study sheet based on questions I missed, then went to Wikipedia to read up on my missed topics. I repeated this cycle until I had scaled > 70 on all of them, then took the actual test and got a 74. I probably over-prepared, but my theory was that every new test is going to contain some questions that were not covered on your previous tests, so just get a handful of them down cold so you have a nice buffer to make up for the left-field questions.
03-18-2015, 07:28 PM
I actually think he's ready. I'd schedule it asap and let him cram a bit in the next few days leading up to his test. Good luck!
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