HELP.....Introduction to educational psychology CLEP exam

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I took it last month. I'm a teacher, so a lot of it felt like common sense for the "what is the best way to teach this" type questions. I think you can get a few questions out of the way by remembering that the best way to teach something is always the hands-on, student-centered approach. Let them do the exploring and teacher takes a side role. Another "common sense" things is that motivation is best when it's intrinsic rather than giving treats/rewards to the students. And when they're not doing well, you should praise their successes.

I really think a lot of it is common sense if you just keep in mind that education is meant to help students grow, cooperate, find goals in life, be hands-on, etc. If there's an answer along those lines, you're good. The lowest level is rote memorization and definitions, the highest level is having students create, analyze, problem-solve. We've all been in school so we all have experience with what a good classroom looks like. Also be prepared for a lot of terms about cognitive development, Piaget, etc. I used this website to help prepare. Just have a brief understanding of most terms and you should be fine.

For sociology, I exclusively used the Cliffs Notes and it was fine. I took DSST Supervision, which is very similar to CLEP Management, and used the Cliffs Notes for that too. I felt very prepared.