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Title: How to Prepare for the AP Environmental Science Exam by Gary S. Thorpe ISBN: 0-7641-2161-8 Publisher: Barrons Educational Series Pub. Date: 15 October, 2002 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 1.33 (3 reviews)
Rating: 1
Summary: Don't buy this for content
Comment: I bought the Barron's AP Enviro review because it is the only review book for this AP exam and besides CollegeBoard, it is the only other source for AP Enviro questions.
Barron's probably makes the poorest exam review books on the market, Princeton review making the best.
I highly advise you not to purchase it, even if you're looking for review. The book focused on material not on the test (it suggests that you memorize every piece of US environmental legislation, for example), and its practice reviews (the sole reason I bought the book) were nothing like the exam.
The style of the practice questions and its subject matter are not like the AP exam!
If you need review for the exam, I suggest reviewing your textbook and notes and not waste money on this paper-waster.
Rating: 1
Summary: An average review book if you want to waste some money
Comment: I used the book in order to prepare for the AP Environmental Science exam. The book is definately not the best review book out there. (Update: For the record I did receive a 5 on the exam but I attribute that feat to myself and a special thanks to my great teacher Mr. Visco rather than this lousy book)
I simply did not find the book fun to read which I feel is critical to review. Chances are you aren't going to get anything out of review if you aren't enjoying the experience. I find the Princeton Review books have much better writing and are much more enjoyable to read than the Barron's books. The style is very monotone and does little to perk your interest while trying to review. At times it seemed like I was forcing myself to finish some of the chapters. In addition, I found some of the information in the book to be erroneous. I consulted my teacher and some textbooks and found that I was correct.
The book is not totally worthless. It is mildly helpful in refreshing ideas taught in class and the charts are easy to follow however the book puts in way more information than you really need to know which is inherently bad because students are going to waste time studying information that is not going to be on the exam. The chapter on the environmental laws was useful since the laws almost always show up as a part of a Part II question and from what I have seen 1 or 2 multiple choice questions. However there's only really ten or so that you really need to know and have popped up on the exam (You could easily get by only knowing Clean Air/Water Acts, Endangered Species Act, National Environmental Policy Act and maybe a couple involving the management of wastes like RCRA or CERCLA. Those you can extend over a pretty wide variety of cases that you might be asked about) and there's many that the book lists that are completely unnecessary making it seem almost daunting to the nervous student trying to cram in information for an exam he/she doesn't really know what to expect.
Buy or Skip? If you feel that you really need some extra review and don't feel like wasting money go ahead and get it. I suggest skipping and instead yell at the Princeton Review to make a book or even better study the released part I exam and all the part II's along with simply reviewing your class notes for a real review.
Rating: 2
Summary: Dont waste your Jackson on this pulp
Comment: Like most people who buy this literature, it is purchased in order to review for the AP test. It is meant as a summation of the major facts and concepts that the College Board could test over.
However, Mr. Thorpe and his Barrons buddies seem to have had different plans when writing this book. It is a detailed description of numerous facts and factoids with much too much raw data to use in a general review for a test. It uses extensive lists of details and never comes to conclusions. It seems to be a sorry attempt at making a textbook. But in reality, that is what it is, de facto: a bad textbook not worth your money.
Furthermore, Thorpe seems overly giddy to blame us evil humans for Earths woes and only mention statist interventions as solutions and never comments on the 'lack of raw data' that the UN's council on climate change came to as conclusion in regards to global warming. His faith in human induced global climate change is as rabid as a catholic schoolboy's belief in his Hail Mary's. It is almost to the point of mystical fanaticism. We can always assume socialist bias in the academia; however, this is unapologetic bias and pure delusion.
Maybe if the book had summaries of theories, of ideas, of needed information (instead, for example, of how EVERY type of molecule helps or hurts humans and lengthy list of other 'factoids'), the leftist slant could be looked over.
However, with its dry tone, with its extensive over listing and under explaining, with its obvious bias, this book is not worth the biomass necessary to create it and should simply be taken out of publication until someone capable of the job can write a worthwhile review.
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Title:Cane Toads - An Unnatural History ASIN: B00005JG6X Publisher: First Run Features Pub. Date: 17 July, 2001 List Price(USD): $24.95 Comparison N/A, buy it from Amazon for $22.46 |
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Title: How to Prepare for the AP U.S. Government and Politics by Curt Lader ISBN: 0764116517 Publisher: Barrons Educational Series Pub. Date: 30 March, 2002 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Environmental Issues: Measuring, Analyzing, Evaluating (2nd Edition) by Robert L. McConnell, Daniel C. Abel ISBN: 013092041X Publisher: Prentice Hall Pub. Date: 15 January, 2002 List Price(USD): $33.60 |
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Title: Barron's How to Prepare for the Ap Statistics: Advanced Placement Test in Statistics (Barron's How to Prepare for the Ap Statistics. Advanced Placement examination, Second Edition) by Martin Sternstein ISBN: 0764110918 Publisher: Barrons Educational Series Pub. Date: February, 2000 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: How to Prepare for the AP English Advanced Placement Examinations by George Ehrenhaft, Max Nadel, Jr. Arthur Sherrer ISBN: 0764112309 Publisher: Barrons Educational Series Pub. Date: 15 March, 2000 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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