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Excelsior English Exam - Trajan - 03-30-2006

Has anyone taken or is preparing to take this exam? I am looking for information on what books I need if any and how others are preparing for this exam. Thanks all.

Excelsior English Exam - siersema - 04-11-2006

I took the College Writing ECE. The included MyAccess! writing tool was a great help. I don't know if it's included with the other ECE english test.

Excelsior English Exam - Trajan - 04-11-2006

Thanks for the reply. How was the test? Did you also use a textbook or just the included software?

Excelsior English Exam - siersema - 04-11-2006

I only used the software. I consider myself a novice writer at best, but I was able to score an A. I used the software to practice writing for a few weeks. One of the first things any writing instructor will tell you is to “know your audience”. In this case your audience is a computer program, the very same program that grades the online practice essays. You can’t beat the instant feedback you get in both the practice and real exam.

Excelsior English Exam - anar579 - 04-11-2006

siersema Wrote:I only used the software. I consider myself a novice writer at best, but I was able to score an A. I used the software to practice writing for a few weeks. One of the first things any writing instructor will tell you is to “know your audience”. In this case your audience is a computer program, the very same program that grades the online practice essays. You can’t beat the instant feedback you get in both the practice and real exam.
siersema,
The exam is graded automatically by the system? I didn't realize that... Thanks for the info.

Excelsior English Exam - siersema - 04-11-2006

Yep, it’s graded instantly. I’d be interested in learning more about the way they’re able to do that actually. I guess the technology is called “InteliMetric” and is the same in the practice software as the real test.

Excelsior English Exam - anar579 - 04-11-2006

So you used the My Access tool and the essays were graded instantly by that same system? Hmm, interesting... that should prove very helpful.