12-30-2007, 04:45 PM
Okay, I see where you are coming from.
Well, I can't really vouch for the InstantCert flashcards on College Mathematics, because I haven't used them. Maybe others can comment on that. I can tell you that the flashcards are excellent for many of the other CLEP, DSST and ECE exams. But I am not sure they should be used as your only study material.
The CLEP Official Guide provides sample test for every exam offered by CLEP, and I find it an invaluable final check of my preparation for an exam. In fact, I have been able to pass some CLEP exams without any preparation at all -- I just took the practice exam, and saw that I was ready. The Princeton Review book is excellent, as it provides explanations of the correct and incorrect answers (the Official Guide doesn't), but it only covers the "general" exams. Both of them give a good feel for the actual CLEP exam. Neither of them covers DSST or ECE or TECEP exams, of course.
The InstantCert flashcards, in my view, are more useful for practicing knowledge of facts. When I use them, I want to be able to move through them quickly and either know the answer at a glance, or not know it. I don't see myself using them to prepare for a math exam, but maybe that's just me. For other subjects, they are enormously helpful, and in some cases can be used as your only resource.
Bottom line is I think InstantCert is very much worth the money, but it wouldn't be my choice for the CLEP College Mathematics exam. But, again, maybe that's just me. Still to have one low-cost resource that covers so many exams of so many different types is an excellent value.
Well, I can't really vouch for the InstantCert flashcards on College Mathematics, because I haven't used them. Maybe others can comment on that. I can tell you that the flashcards are excellent for many of the other CLEP, DSST and ECE exams. But I am not sure they should be used as your only study material.
The CLEP Official Guide provides sample test for every exam offered by CLEP, and I find it an invaluable final check of my preparation for an exam. In fact, I have been able to pass some CLEP exams without any preparation at all -- I just took the practice exam, and saw that I was ready. The Princeton Review book is excellent, as it provides explanations of the correct and incorrect answers (the Official Guide doesn't), but it only covers the "general" exams. Both of them give a good feel for the actual CLEP exam. Neither of them covers DSST or ECE or TECEP exams, of course.
The InstantCert flashcards, in my view, are more useful for practicing knowledge of facts. When I use them, I want to be able to move through them quickly and either know the answer at a glance, or not know it. I don't see myself using them to prepare for a math exam, but maybe that's just me. For other subjects, they are enormously helpful, and in some cases can be used as your only resource.
Bottom line is I think InstantCert is very much worth the money, but it wouldn't be my choice for the CLEP College Mathematics exam. But, again, maybe that's just me. Still to have one low-cost resource that covers so many exams of so many different types is an excellent value.
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