Hello World!
Well, I had to start school June 1st instead of May 1st because my wife had our second baby and I just couldn't put enough time into study as needed. I thought I would be able to juggle baby, work, and school in May but I was really unprepared for the amount of care a newborn needs!! Anyway, I started in June and my first class was CLC1 - Reasoning and Problem Solving. This post is all about this class, I hope it helps you out there... constant reader! :)
CLC1 is an objective assessment which means if you pass the final - that's your grade. There is no "homework", no paper to write, no presentations to present, etc. You sit down and take the 31 question test and if you pass it, you move on. I would definitely recommend taking the pre-assessment before you start your CLC1 study because it will prepare you mentally, when you are studying, for what you should expect to see on the final. I found the pre-assessment to be very similar to the final in terms of difficulty. The questions are different, but the thought process is the same. I read on another blog that there are six tests in total and they pick your pre-assessment out of the six, so it's very similar, if not exactly like your final assessment. I found the textbook by Paul & Elder a drag to read (redundant topics over and over imo - only so much you can write about when writing about critical thinking) so my only study was reading through all Mind Edge modules and watching all of the pre-recorded webinars. I highly recommend both of these sources because I passed the final assessment just reading/watching these two sources.
Im glad I'm finished with CLC1 because it was quite a boring topic. Now I'm working on LUT1 which is a performance assessment class where I have to give a 5 - 7 minute presentation and submit for a grade. :) I'll be back to blog about that when I'm finished. Hope all is well where you are!!!
Leave me a comment if you have any questions. Until then, catch you later!
