lifespan developmental psych

ChrisRicci · Jul 11, 2013

the content guide is the syllabus - it tells you exactly what you need to study.

kmd7154 · Jul 12, 2013

thank you! did you take that exam?? How did you do and about how long does it take to study for these exams before testing?

ChrisRicci · Jul 13, 2013

Yes - got an A, studied for 3 weeks

kmd7154 · Jul 14, 2013

Did you use the textbook at all? What did you primarily use? Thanks!

ChrisRicci · Jul 14, 2013

I used studygroup101 primarily. I've found them to be a very good resource.

BarbaraNM, ASN, RN · Jul 14, 2013

Hi all!! My name is Kristin, I'm new to this site, this is actually my first post! I just recently registered for excelsior and in the process of info lit and lifespan developmental psych. What I wanted to know from anyone who has taken the lifespan CLEP is, what is a sure bet to study from in order to pass? I have the required books on the way and I was planning on looking into the content guide, anything else?? I'm not used to online style courses where I can't ask the instructor what exactly I should be focusing on in order to pass the exam. Any help would be appreciated, thank you!!
Kristin

I did the CLEP for H G & D, and used primarily the REA guide. I studied for about 2-3 weeks and passed it. I also had a Life Span Development text I referred to. GOOD LUCK!

kmd7154 · Jul 16, 2013

You didn't feel the text was needed? I'm planning on ordering study guide 101 tmrw. What about the actual nursing exams, what did you use to study for those and how long did you study for each? Thanks!

Kristin

ChrisRicci · Jul 16, 2013

I am using studygroup101 for the nursing exams also and doing well :yes: . I'm working on reproductive health. I do have most of the textbooks, but older versions except the med-surg and maternal which is the current versions, but I use them mainly to look up things cause most everything is in the studygroup101 study guide. Also I get the practice exams from EC and take them to narrow down the areas that i need to concentrate on more thoroughly. I take about 3-4 weeks to study but I've read that the life span exams are harder so I plan on adding a week or 2 for those.

CRisk3 · Jul 18, 2013

Chris did you take the UExcel exam or CLEP for Developmental Psych?

ChrisRicci · Jul 18, 2013

I took the CLEP Human Growth and Development and got a 64 (not an A on my transcript:grumpy:, but according to scoring guidelines that's pretty high and would be A level...), but I used the clep syllabus and the EC syllabus for life span psych as a guideline and used studygroup101 study guide.

kmd7154 · Jul 19, 2013

Ooh okay see I was told that the CLEP and the EC lifespan developmental psych exam are 2 different things? I'm taking the EC lifespan dev. Psych exam. Is that what you took? I'm thinking to motivate myself I'm just going to schedule the test before I even start studying so that way, I have a deadline. What do you think? Thanks Chris! Very helpful!!