Human Growth and Development or Educational Psychology

[CastleCS17]

Which test did you find to be the easier of the two? Does IC do a good job in helping to prepare for both of them?

I took an introductory psych course in college a year ago and passed the sociology clep, so any overlapping information would make studying easier. Which should I choose?

[Lindagerr]

I took both of them but it has been a couple of years. Both have some overlap with psych, I studied more for ed.psych then Human growth. IC does not have flash cards for Educational Psych they do for Human Growth. I hope this helps a little

Edit: I stand corrected, I don't think IC had Ed. Psych when I took it, on the other hand I may be confusing it with Intro to Education.

[dewisant]

InstantCert has flash cards for both Intro Educational Psychology and Human Growth and Development. I just checked. Easy is how hard and what you study for a test.

[sanantone]

Intro to Educational Psychology is easier. I didn't take HG&D because I heard the Lifespan Developmental Psychology test is easier. I used the IC flashcards for HG&D for the DSST. Lifespan Developmental Psychology was more difficult than Educational Psychology even though I generally find DSSTs to be easier, so HG&D is probably also more difficult. According to Free Clep Prep.com, HG&D is supposed to be the hardest psychology test out of DSST and CLEP.

[bluespecial]

I took Intro to Psychology and Human Growth & Development last month and I am scheduled to take Educational Psychology tomorrow so I will report back with current info. I have extensively looked into all three tests and although Educational Psychology is suppose to be easier than Human Growth and Development, most people take it only after they have completed Into to Psychology and Human Growth & Development first. Educational Psychology may be more difficult without having the knowledge learned from studying Human Growth and Development.

[CastleCS17]

Thanks to everyone who replied. I'm still on the fence. I didn't know HG&D was considered the hardest psychology test, which slightly worries me. I do think that will be the one I start studying though, mainly because I find the material interesting.

I took Intro to Psychology and Human Growth & Development last month and I am scheduled to take Educational Psychology tomorrow so I will report back with current info. I have extensively looked into all three tests and although Educational Psychology is suppose to be easier than Human Growth and Development, most people take it only after they have completed Into to Psychology and Human Growth & Development first. Educational Psychology may be more difficult without having the knowledge learned from studying Human Growth and Development.

Good luck! I'm looking forward to seeing what you have to report tomorrow, and hopefully it'll help me make a decision. I'm so indecisive.

In the meantime, if anyone else has any input, I'd appreciate it

[bluespecial]

I have returned from taking the Educational Psychology CLEP with a score of 68. I previously got a 61 for the Human Growth and Development about 4 weeks ago and the Psychology CLEP with a score of 74 about 5 weeks ago. I had already previously taken Organizational Behavior DSST and Sociology CLEP which are also good foundations for taking this test. Although my score was better for Educational Psychology than Human Growth and Development, I still feel it would be best to take the CLEP's in the following order: Sociology, Psychology, Human Growth & Dev., Educational Psychology; and Organizational Behavior could be taken after Psychology or at any time with additional studying if you are not going to take any additional psychology exams.

My subscription to the flashcards and the specific exam feedback has expired, but I had previously read that lately most people where scoring in the low 50's, and one person failed by 1 point for the Educational Psychology exam. It is unknown if there is two different versions of the exam and I got the easy version or that I just studied well. If you did not take the Psychology CLEP (but took a class instead) I would still recommend looking at the Psychology flashcards because all three CLEP exams are overlapping to some degree. You can eliminate some of the wrong answers simply because you are familiar with the previous material. I found studying for the Human Growth and Development exam was more interesting. The material for the Educational Psychology exam was exciting to me as paint drying, but I needed another 200 level social science exam and since I already took just about everything else there wasn't many options left. Both the Educational Psychology and Human Growth and Dev. exams had a lot of "scenario" questions, but the amount of scenario questions for the Educational Psychology was extreme--very few quick vocabulary questions.

Since I can't post to the specific feedback section anymore, here is what I used to get a high score on the Educational Psychology exam:
IC Flashcards
I Read the specific exam feedback for this exam
Practice test courtesy of Free-Clep-Prep.com
Educational Psychology video lectures and quizzes from EducationPortal.com Psychology 102: Educational Psychology Course - Free Online Video Lessons | Education Portal
Slavin's Educational Psychology website (select a chapter, click on multiple choice to take practice quiz) Educational Psychology
Official Clep Study Guide 2012 Practice test

Of course there were questions I encountered that were not covered. Figure out what Lexical Knowledge is and read about the 4 frequently used attitude scales here: Attitude Scales - Rating Scales to measure data

[Sharebearg]

I know that this is an old thread, but I am taking my educational psychology clep tomorrow, I will post how I do as well as topics. It seems that a lot of practice tests deal with memory and Piaget, what other main topics should I focus on?

I have returned from taking the Educational Psychology CLEP with a score of 68. I previously got a 61 for the Human Growth and Development about 4 weeks ago and the Psychology CLEP with a score of 74 about 5 weeks ago. I had already previously taken Organizational Behavior DSST and Sociology CLEP which are also good foundations for taking this test. Although my score was better for Educational Psychology than Human Growth and Development, I still feel it would be best to take the CLEP's in the following order: Sociology, Psychology, Human Growth & Dev., Educational Psychology; and Organizational Behavior could be taken after Psychology or at any time with additional studying if you are not going to take any additional psychology exams.

My subscription to the flashcards and the specific exam feedback has expired, but I had previously read that lately most people where scoring in the low 50's, and one person failed by 1 point for the Educational Psychology exam. It is unknown if there is two different versions of the exam and I got the easy version or that I just studied well. If you did not take the Psychology CLEP (but took a class instead) I would still recommend looking at the Psychology flashcards because all three CLEP exams are overlapping to some degree. You can eliminate some of the wrong answers simply because you are familiar with the previous material. I found studying for the Human Growth and Development exam was more interesting. The material for the Educational Psychology exam was exciting to me as paint drying, but I needed another 200 level social science exam and since I already took just about everything else there wasn't many options left. Both the Educational Psychology and Human Growth and Dev. exams had a lot of "scenario" questions, but the amount of scenario questions for the Educational Psychology was extreme--very few quick vocabulary questions.

Since I can't post to the specific feedback section anymore, here is what I used to get a high score on the Educational Psychology exam:
IC Flashcards
I Read the specific exam feedback for this exam
Practice test courtesy of Free-Clep-Prep.com
Educational Psychology video lectures and quizzes from EducationPortal.com Psychology 102: Educational Psychology Course - Free Online Video Lessons | Education Portal
Slavin's Educational Psychology website (select a chapter, click on multiple choice to take practice quiz) Educational Psychology
Official Clep Study Guide 2012 Practice test

Of course there were questions I encountered that were not covered. Figure out what Lexical Knowledge is and read about the 4 frequently used attitude scales here: Attitude Scales - Rating Scales to measure data