VERY curious!!!!!

[ivanjak]

I think a lot of these quick studies are people who are already well versed in the subject. I took a ton of these things without study BUT I took them fresh out of high school were I was a good student and student the same info for 4 year straight. My high school was about on the same level of difficulty as CLEPs so it wasnt terribly difficult. I also took a test taking class, that was very helpful. It was all about the odd of guessing right, not pick the right answers but eliminating the wrong ones and learning vocab word and using reasoning and logic to put the vocab in the context of each question. Some of you old timers might have a harder time with this stuff and there is tons of research that says you guy (the 35 and up crowd) are at a big disadvantage because of the different styles of learning and a completely different style of reading. Most of this is because of the introduction of computers and internet introduced to us (the youngsters) at a crucial time in our development.

On a side note I am actually trying to put together a program at the local high school for kids to take cleps in lue of the class final exams. This would be like a AP program but not limited to the 12 super honor kids and hopefully have high school kids get their diploma and their bachelors around the same time. So far I have had less than the minimal support required to get the program off the ground, but there is stigma associated with my idea to the kids and i think the teachers are a little threatened but the idea of all of their 18 years being as qualified to teach as them.

Weak sauce on the ageism:confused:Where am I? Doesn't really matter how old you are........Flashcard method of study has been around for at least 40 years. Okay, I'm over 40(surprise) but was able to study for three days per exam on 13 of 14. "A" on every one. Studied two weeks for Statistics because I had not taken a college level math class in over 20 years and got an "A" on that as well. I think it just depends on the individual. More people than not seem to just use Instacert, as I did. It really does work! Give it a shot.

Now as far as retention goes, that could very well be an issue. Most people cram and brain dump anyway. If it is not subject matter that you will ever use. Like say, um I don't know...............70% of the exams, then what the..
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