Free Flash Cards for Your Memory

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It's something we learned in kindergarten: flash cards are great study tools. That goes for CLEP tests too! Decide where your weakest areas are, find out the right questions and answers, and then burn them into your brain with a hot iron, a.k.a. flash cards.


It can be a pain to write everything out on index cards, but with the wonder of the internet you can learn from others and make flash cards of your own for free online!


Here are some of the top helpful, free websites:

Quick Tip: Study and Listen

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One of the things I love to do when studying for a history CLEP (History of the United States 1 & 2, Western Civilization 1 & 2, Social Sciences and History) or DANTES (The Civil War and Reconstruction, Western Europe: Since 1945, History of the Vietnam War, Rise and Fall of the Soviet Union) is to listen to era-appropriate music.

Pandora.com is an awesome resource for this, since you can create a "radio station" with just the right composers. For example: I'm studying Russia right now, so I'm in the mood for some Russian classical music. Bring up the Wikipedia article on "Music of Russia" and I read about the Mighty Five: Balakirev, Rimsky-Korsakov, Mussorgsky, Borodin, and Cui. Voilà, I have an entire station devoted to Russian classical music. It really helps get me in the mood, and lends some interest to hours of sometimes-tedious study.

If you don't have a Pandora account then I highly recommend it. It's free to sign up at www.pandora.com!

                                                                                                               Happy CLEPing,