Any tips on Intro to Educational Psych?

[Nodean]

I took HG&D last week and have been studying for Ed Psych since with a test date of 5/3. This will be the first time I have used just InstantCert in preparation. Does anyone remember taking the test?

[serengetti]

Don't worry,it's easy.I passed using only instantcert. Good luck to you !

[snazzlefrag]

Hi all,

I passed CLEP Intro to Educational Psychology with a 66 today. Another 3 credits in the bank.

I would say that this exam is quite easy to pass. I actually had a smile on my face for most of the exam, because many of the questions were extremely straightforward.

Here are some links and tips!


Resources:

http://www.instantcert.com

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Educational_psychology (a great overview and, of course, you can follow links to go deeper on any name, theory, concept etc.)

http://www.abacon.com/slavin/notes.html

http://www.sparknotes.com/psychology/index.html (pick and choose the sections you need)

http://www.raritanval.edu/departments/Hu...notes.html


Names to Know:

Bandura
Binet
Bruner
Erikson
Freud
Gardner
Guilford
Hull
Kohlberg
Maslow
Pavlov
Piaget
Thorndike
Skinner
Spearman
Sternberg
Vygotsky


Concept & Theories to Know:

Advance Organizers
Social Learning
Modeling
Discovery Learning
Convergent/Divergent Thinking
Schemas
Law of Effect
Retroactive/Proactive Inhibition
Types of Memory
Behavior Modification
Erikson's Stages
Piaget's Stages
Premack Principle
Zone of Proximal Development
Drive Reduction Theory (motivation)
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs
Self-actualization
Creativity
Test Biases
Mean, median, mode (statistics..just know what they are)
Central Tendency (statistics..just know what it is)
Normal Distribution (statistics..hey! Did you know that 34% of scores fall between the mean and one Standard Deviation above the mean. I'm just saying!)
IQ Test (what it tests for etc.)
Information Processing (Sternberg)
Individuals with Disabilities Act (know the basics of what it covers)
Pygmalion Effect (Self-fulfilling Prophecy)
Wait-time (Budd-Rowe...3+ seconds after student responses)
Bilingual Education (Transition vs Maintenance approaches)

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Knowing the above info should get you a pass on this exam. If you have already taken Intro to Psych, and Human Growth & Development (or Lifespan), you will find a lot of this information overlaps.

Passing Statistics beforehand helped me too. However, if you know the 2 or 3 items I listed above regarding stats, you will be good to go. Don't stress about having to know statistics.

I hope this helps,
Snazzlefrag

[ShotoJuku]

Hi all,

I passed CLEP Intro to Educational Psychology with a 66 today. Another 3 credits in the bank.


Snazzlefrag

[SIZE="3"][COLOR="Blue"]Well done as usual not to mention the terrific feedback and list of helpful info!!

Congrats!!![/COLOR][/SIZE]

[LuBee]

Hi all,

....Here are some links and tips!...

http://www.raritanval.edu/departments/Hu...notes.html...

Snazzlefrag

I found it interesting that you found and used raritanval, because that is where I am attending school currently.

[snazzlefrag]

I found it interesting that you found and used raritanval, because that is where I am attending school currently.

Ha ha!

Small world.

No school is safe from the all-seeing eye of the google search engine!
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[jiajiatai]

Thank you so much for providing the resources!! I passed the test with a 70 today after 6 days' prep using InstantCert and the links.

[snazzlefrag]

Thank you so much for providing the resources!! I passed the test with a 70 today after 6 days' prep using InstantCert and the links.

Awesome!
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