Critical Thinking and Your CLEP Exam
If you are planning to take a CLEP exam, and wanting to pick up a skill that can help you prepare for your CLEP test easier, try learning critical thinking. Critical thinking is an important part of effective CLEP preparation.
Critical thinking skills help students have success with CLEPs in two main ways. First of all, critical thinking skills help students better analyze CLEP preparation material to make for a more effective knowledge transfer. Secondly, when a student is actually taking their CLEP exam, critical thinking skills can help a student analyze exactly what is being asked in the question, as well as what the best answer choice is.
Many colleges are beginning to make critical thinking more and more a part of their curriculum, and the CollegeBoard is not behind in any way. In the new College Composition CLEPs, which will be released in July 2010, additional critical thinking testing will be one of the things that make it different than the previous English Composition CLEP.
Overall, critical thinking is a great way to get an edge on your CLEP tests. It is part of the CLEP, and if you know it, you will have an advantage.