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(7 customer reviews) 12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
An excellent review source,
June 3, 2008 Marie A. Klingman - See all my reviews
This review is from: CLEP Calculus w/ CD-ROM (CLEP Test Preparation) (Paperback)
This is an excellent resource for the CLEP calculus test (the first I have ever taken). It provides focused facts and reviews that closely parallel the actual test material.
I studied calculus on my own from a textbook, and used this book for review four days before the actual testing time. For the first practice test I got a D, the second a B, and on the actual CLEP exam I got a scaled score of 80, 100%. My honest opinion is that this book knows what its talking about, and has the information to get you a qualifying score. The CD application is organized as the CLEP exam is, which helps with orientation and reflexes.
As I have not tried other CLEP calculus resources you may want to investigate those before making a final decision (the price is a little gnarly). However this book does all it needs to.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
A very good review for the CLEP calculus test,
September 2, 2009 Richard A. Ward - See all my reviews
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This review is from: CLEP Calculus w/ CD-ROM (CLEP Test Preparation) (Paperback)
I bought this book for my son, he used it to review for the CLEP calculus test, and passed it with no problems at all. He liked the computer based tests, since the CLEP is given on computer it makes the practice tests more like the real CLEP. All of the practice tests are on the CDROM, that's not true for all of the CLEP books in this series.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Great Calculus CLEP Book,
January 11, 2011 college.nate - See all my reviews
This review is from: CLEP Calculus w/ CD-ROM (CLEP Test Preparation) (Paperback)
I learned calculus from this book. I've never taken a calculus class. I started trying to study for the CLEP test by using my brother's old calculus textbook. I was moving through that book really slowly (never made it past limits), and it was difficult to understand the language that the textbook used to describe things. I then picked up a book that a friend recommended that gave some good conceptual explanation of calculus operations, but I only ended up reading the first few chapters of the book.
THEN, I picked up this book at Half-Price Bookstore, and it was fantastic! It did a great job explaining things and giving good practice problems. I got a 79 (out of 80) on the exam. The practice tests in this book seemed to me like they were a little harder than the actual CLEP test is (which I liked... it made the actual exam seem easy). There are explanations for the answers to the practice tests in back of the book, so you can see what you did wrong.
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