Product Review
The CliffsTestPrep series offers full-length practice exams that simulate the real tests; proven test-taking strategies to increase your chances at doing well; and thorough review exercises to help fill in any knowledge gaps.
CliffsTestPrep ACT can help you assess your interests and skills, plan your career, get a scholoarship, and get into a college of your choice. Understanding and practicing test-taking strategies can help a great deal. Subject matter review is particularly useful for the Mathematics Test and English Test. Both subject matter and strategies are reviewed in this book. Inside, you'll find
- Four realistic, full-length practice exams
- Practice questions, answers, and explanations in each chapter
- An action plan for effective preparation
- Four successful overall approaches to taking the ACT
- Detailed analysis of the directions for each section of the test
With extra help on math formulas, science terminology and other ACT trouble spots, this comprehensive guide will help you score your highest. In addition, you'll hone your knowledge of subjects such as
- English usage and mechanics, including punctuation, basic grammar, and sentence structure
- English rhetorical skills, including prose strategy, organization, and style
- Basic math skills, including arithmetic and intermediate algebra
- Applied math, including coordinate geometry, plane geometry, and trigonometry
- Reading comprehension, including prose fiction, humanities, social studies, and natural sciences
- Science reasoning formats, including Data Representation, Research Summaries, and Conflicting Viewpoints
With guidance from the CliffsTestPrep series, you'll feel at home in any standardized -test environment!
Customer Reviews
Average Customer Review
(10 customer reviews) 16 of 16 people found the following review helpful
Waste of Time and Money: Better ACT Books Out There.,
May 26, 2002 "apollack84" (Memphis,TN) - See all my reviews
This review is from: CliffsTestPrep ACT (Paperback)
In preparation for the ACT, I have studied the Cliffestestprep ACT book closely. And in the process, I have seen MISTAKES in the answers. On page 33, "5 x 4=25".
on page 159, question #11 on practice test2, the answers are mistakenly copied from question #10...so the answers don't make any sense for question #11!These are just two mistakes that I've seen, but judging by that, I wouldn't be suprised to find more. I wish I could return the book, but since I already marked it up, I cannot. Don't buy this book, get a more helpful ACT resource. This book has 4 practice tests, but because of the mistakes, I am relucant to go further.Finally, the practice problems are more difficult than real ACT problems: CLiffs give you long-winded and confusing explanations for problems you don't even need to know for the actual ACT. I'm sure you can find more consice explanations in other resources. In short, this is not the best choice for getting ready for the ACT.UPDATE: I recently...Read more
16 of 17 people found the following review helpful
Only buy if you need more practice tests,
August 12, 2002 "vwagon85" - See all my reviews
This review is from: CliffsTestPrep ACT (Paperback)
Do not buy this book if you are looking for a guide to prepare for the ACT...this is because the book only has about 15 pages of review per test. So, if you need a review book, I suggest that you go to the Princeton Review book, which does a pretty good job.However, if you have used up all the practice tests in the book that you are currently using, then I strongly reccommend this book. The book offers four practice tests (even though the cover says it offers two tests.) Each answer is fully explained, which makes the tests a lot better than the other books.So, if you need review, don't add this book to your cart. If you need more tests, this book is a very good source.
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Excellent resource!,
March 29, 2002 Lois Whitinger Gilbert (Tennessee, United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: CliffsTestPrep ACT (Cliffs studyware test preparation guides) (Paperback)
I am a guidance counselor and have used this book to help students prepare for the ACT. I like how the book lets you take practice tests, a little at a time, if you choose. Then helps you analyze your mistakes: were they lack of knowledge or careless mistakes? Then you can analzye your careless mistakes and learn to avoid them. After having a workshop with seniors using this book, one of the girls raised her reading score from 18 to 29. As with all books, you have to READ it, STUDY it, and APPLY it, if you want results.
