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CLEP Humanities w/CD-ROM (REA) The Best Test Prep for the CLEP (REA Test Preps) By Staff of REA ( Research & Education Association )
Release Date: 2005-12-21
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An easier path to a college degree – get college credits without the classes.
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CLEP HUMANITIES – with TESTware
Includes CD with timed practice tests, instant scoring, and more.
Based on today’s official CLEP exam
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Are you prepared to excel on the CLEP?
* Take the first practice test to discover what you know and what you should know
* Set up a flexible study schedule by following our easy timeline
* Use REA's advice to ready yourself for proper study and success
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Study what you need to know to pass the exam
* The book's on-target subject review features coverage of all topics on the official CLEP exam, including literature, visual arts and architecture, philosophy, music, and the performing arts
* Smart and friendly lessons reinforce necessary skills
* Key tutorials enhance specific abilities needed on the test
* Targeted drills increase comprehension and help organize study
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Practice for real
* Create the closest experience to test-day conditions with 2 of the book’s 3 full-length practice tests on REA’s TESTware CD, featuring test-taking against the clock, instant scoring by topic, handy mark-and-return function, pause function, and more.
* OR choose paper-and-pencil testing at your own pace
* Chart your progress with full and detailed explanations of all answers
* Boost your confidence with test-taking strategies and experienced advice
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Specially Written for Solo Test Preparation!
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REA is the acknowledged leader in CLEP preparation, with the most extensive library of CLEP titles and software available. Most titles are also offered with REA's exclusive TESTware software to make your practice more effective and more like exam day. REA's CLEP Prep guides will help you get valuable credits, save on tuition, and advance your chosen career by earning a college degree.Â
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This is a great book. If you have knowledge of the topics you should do ok. It is not for someone looking for the easy credit. I did this and it was brutal, I did pass. It would have been easir to take the regular class. If I had not been in the desert I would have choosen the class.
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 CLEP Humanities w/ CD-ROM (REA) The Best Test Prep for the CLPE (REA Test Preps) ( lcalfords )
It has everything it says it does. Practice tests and study reviews. Worth every penny.
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 Merely skims the surface.
CLEP is one of the best ideas ever and I have enjoyed the freedom that the tests provide. At present I have taken 14 CLEP exams, never scored lower than a 68, made one 80, and average around 74 (the best you can do is 80, the worst is 20). I don't say that to impress you, only to tell you that I have quite a bit of experience in studying for CLEP exams. I usually find the REA test preps very helpful and until this one I hadn't found one that I didn't like. However, I found this one to be fairly useless in preparing for the humanities exam.
The book contains sections on literature, art (including architecture and sculpture), drama, dance, music, and film. Unfortunately, none of these are exhaustive and no pictures are present which makes the art section practically useless except as a bibliography of names to know. The literature section focused only on reading comprehension and literary terms, no mention being made of major works, authors, or movements, all of which are important as part of the test. Basically the entire book (with the exception of the literature section), serves simply as a list of names to know. It is up to you to find out more about them. The only valuable part about this book is the tests it contains (which are, I think, much harder than the real thing). While they tend to be much more nit picky than the actual CLEP questions, they will give you a feel for what to focus on and what kinds of questions you may be asked. The book may be worth purchasing for that reason alone, although you would spend your money better by buying the Official CLEP Study Guide (invaluable if you plan on taking any CLEP tests).
So how do you study for this exam? I went to a used book store near a local college and bought a textbook for intro to humanities. I skimmed it, highlighting key names, works, authors, etc. It provided pictures of art work and some brief descriptions of literary works as well. [...] After getting a good grasp of these details, I took the CLEP practice test in the official book and then took the actual test. While it is not the "quick" way, it took me four weeks and got me a 78 on a six credit hour test.
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 Nice book, unreliable software ( scriptoress )
As a returning student 18 years out of the game, I wanted to get off to a big start in a subject area where I already felt pretty comfortable. I picked the CLEP Humanities because it would get me 6 hours of credit for knowledge I already possessed. After getting 61/70 correct on the College Board's "official" practice exam, I scheduled a testing date.
Then I got cold feet, decided a little preparation couldn't hurt, and ordered this book. The good reviews here were encouraging, and the "Testware" software put REA above the rest for me.
The good: The book contains concise yet comprehensive reviews of all the major subject areas covered on the test. (I thought I was pretty savvy, but I still learned a lot.) Each chapter ends with a drill on the subject matter -- including material that wasn't covered. If you learn all the material presented, you're sure to pass the test. There are three complete practice tests, all of which turned out to be much harder than the actual exam. I found the heightened difficulty level to be a plus: Better to not get too cocky and to be a little better prepared than necessary than to not be prepared enough. (If you're *that* close to the pass/fail line, maybe you need to just take the courses.)
The back of the book contains nice glossaries of (1) important literary figures by period and (2) literary terms. There's also a conventional subject index.
The not so good: Testware is a good idea executed badly. I used it to take the first practice test and it scored me with 55 correct answers out of 140. This was a little discouraging, as I thought I'd done better. As I reviewed the correct answers and explanations, I soon found 2 questions I was sure I had given the correct answers to that Testware said I answered incorrectly. Then I *knew* there was a glitch when a question I had answered incorrectly was scored as correct.
This was all within the first 27 questions, so I stopped right there and re-did the first test, duplicating my answers from before. This time, I created an Excel spreadsheet, entering first my answers and then the correct answers from the key. My actual number of correct answers on test 1 was 78, not 55 -- more in line with how I felt I had done. I didn't use Testware to take the second practice test, but stuck to my spreadsheet method for it and test 3 (which is only offered in the book, anyway).
I was disappointed that the book didn't have much in the way of timelines, and much key information was "buried" in the text such that I felt the continuous urge to highlight in the book, which I didn't want to do because I intended to sell it when I was finished. Glossaries on artists, artistic movements, musical terms, and architects would have been nice but were absent.
Bottom line: REA's CLEP Humanities book makes an excellent component to your test preparation. The software might be helpful in acclimating yourself to computerized testing if, like me, you've never done it before. Just don't rely on the software to score you correctly. For added security, I recommend using a second preparatory book. Toward the end of my studying, I picked up a 2005 copy of Kaplan's CLEP general exam book, which filled in some gaps for me. It also contains practice tests, and, unlike REA's book, also includes book recommendations for independent study. (But it's not as thorough for review purposes.)
I just took the test today. I scored 78/80. I would likely have passed without studying at all, but it was worth the extra time and money to go in feeling uber-prepared, and to earn a score that will translate to a grade of A.
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 Overkill ( josiemae )
I actually disagree with all of the other reviews -- this book was completely out of line. The REA made me think I would fail while the test was down right easy. The fact of the matter is that the Humanities CLEP does require a wide knowledge base with a basic understanding of art, musical periods, and literature. But the emphasis is on BASIC. For instance, the REA book went into DEPTH about how music is structured, the tone, beats, etc. The test, on the other hand, asked about composers, or opera singers (don't freak out, you could eliminate all the wrong answers by knowing poets, actresses, and novelists) but nothing on how music was structured. Also, the REA was unbalanced: certain sections were longer than others and the section on philosophy was basically just a list of philosophers and barely enough on what they actually said, or who they were connected with. Just don't worth your money or time.
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