Is book is ok but the connect site is terrible. The online site effects my grade and it ...
342315
Is book is ok but the connect site is terrible. The online site effects my grade and it has errors in it. It never gives any help to what you might have done incorrectly. I could be missing an accent or a whole word or even have to many words in a sentence. The program just tells you wrong. I had one set of problems where four sentences were written with a certain construction of words as per the modelo, the last one was totally different and it took me and another classmate 5 minutes of guessing to figure out that they chopped off some of the words on the end.

There were a couple questions that were missing the audio or missing the information that I was to select, so I get it wrong, which effects my grade again.

I have sent several emails to the company with only automated replies. They don't care that their software is dragging down student's grades. They are lucky they have not been sued yet.
3482588
Tons of SATA and MCQs which I  loved it . But the online version is so poor as after sometimes questions keeps on repeating feels like praying for new questions set ...BOOK version is good. Rationales for the incorrect ones are not clear. It would be better if there was clear rationales in bold letters for each option.
281652
I am on my second kid taking these tests, so a many of these books have been through my house.

First of all, I find it supremely irritating when you buy a product and you MUST fill out a huge amount of information to access the online content. Online registration requires you to find a certain word on a certain page.  This book requires you to give name, email, address, phone number,  current school, and graduation year. I tried to register without this and the program will not allow you to continue until you cough up this info.  If the kid is under 18 the parent ALSO must create an account, in fact it forced me to do this even though I registered as graduating in 1975, which would clearly make me older than 18.  Minus one star right there.  Then you have to read a page long Enrollment agreement which includes allowing them to use your data with new business partners AND has an arbitration waiver.  Minus another star.  This effectively means that we will not be using the online portion of the program.

This book has issue I have found common with many of these review books,  they tout x number of review questions but a large proportion are only available online (For this particular book 3 of the tests on in the book and 5 are online)

Personally I prefer ALL the questions in a book, even if that means it is huge and weighs a ton.  That way I can check my kids answers later and talk to them about why they missed the problem.  Or they can come and ask me later.  Online means either they do not know why they missed the question, cannot remember what they missed.

Now on to the actual book.

The section on previewing the ACT is good, it gives the student an outline of what to expect,  how many questions on what topics and how long the student has to complete that section.

I am more qualified to review the math and science sections rather than the English section.  The explanations for the answers for the math sections were actually some of the best I have seen in any of the half dozen plus review books I have reviewed.  Actual explanations were given and were clear.  Kudos to the team who wrote the math answers.  The science answers were also better than average (although the science section on the ACT is really more about interpreting graphs than real science but that has nothing to do with the book)  They generally did an good job.
The included DVD had sections that some students might find useful (however my junior was rolling her eyes at the cheesy graphics), although it will not play through, you must go back to the menu and chose each section.

For the price the book is worth it and if you are willing to give a whole bunch of info to Kaplan you can access the online information.  If Kaplan decides to let you register just with an email and a password and skips the pages of legalese in order to access the online portion  I will give them back one star.  One should not have to provide a huge amount of information in order to access content that has already been paid for when the book is purchased.

So five stars for the book (I was pleased with the outlay) and zero stars for the online portion.

Note:
*The money back guarantee for a higher score is nonsense. First of all, if you take a test a second time you tend to do better (familiarity with the test). Even random fluctuations may have you end up with a higher  (but not significantly higher) score. And should your score not increase, you only have 90 days to get a refund, and you have to explain why you did not find it helpful. Since that gives you less than 3 months to study, take the test, get the results and write an explanation and mail it, I doubt they have to make good on many of these guarantees. In fact, I find the guarantee disingenuous and irritating. It reminds me of the rebate forms designed to be so difficult to complete that most people do not bother.
12727
do yourself a favor and buy this book used. The online student consult is a joke! It took me forever to even access the website because the URL on the book is wrong, I only found it through google. Then I tried to register. That didn't work. I finally found a number for tech support. When I called, not only was tech support very rude, but they informed me that the website does not work with safari and they recommend using firefox or internet explorer (which, by the way, is not stated anywhere on the book). So I finally got it working but the content is really not worth it. Save your money and buy it used... or better yet, use a different book with better online content and better tech support.
1021111
It's alright. I was hoping for more online content. If I were you, I'd use Khanacademy, and buy full-length tests separately.
2128617
It's not a horrible read.  I needed it for school.  Some of the links included in the modules are outdated.  But the links that I can use are helpful.
2903873
I am taking my Michigan licensing course online. everyone I've talked to says the math section is the hardest. So I decided to take a minute to read the math section before getting to it in my online class. What a joke. I have found multiple glaring typos, as well as math problems that incorporate numbers into the solution that make no sense and come from no logical calculation. I'm either calculating the answer in less steps, or laughing at the complete ridiculousness of the typos.
4945877
You better off singning up for speedyprep or some other online way of getting up to speed. The information is dated and limited, being a printed book and all...
2962866
My daughter was away at college and needed this book ASAP. I was able to find online at Amazon and place order. Upon recipt, my daughter made several attempts to access the content online with the "student access code", she wasn't able to so I told her to try and use the MyPsychLab Customer Support contact info that came in the mail. They were no help because all they did was say use you access code, which didn't work. BLUF: My daughter still doesnt have access and I'm out $$$.
4104107
I purchased this book at full price in order to get access to the online material.
What they don't tell you is that without a Course I.D. from your instructor, none of the online material works.
I spent an hour and 47 minutes on hold for a Pearson rep. to confirm this, only to be put on hold again and then get abruptly disconnected.
If I had known that none of the material was accessible I could have picked up a used second edition for $20.

I then received the following email:

COURSE ID, WEBSITE, or PRODUCT INFO:
Understanding Human Development, 3rd Edition
By Wendy L. Dunn, Grace J. Craig
ISBN-0-205-23365-1
BSCIFD-XXXX-XXXX-XXXXX-XXXX-XXXX

ANSWER (KB), SOLUTION, or STEPS TAKEN:
I tried replicating her issue and was able to see the same thing that she is seeing.
I tried pulling up using the ISBN of the book.
I checked on the access code and was able to locate the product Id; I tried sending the generic link but it is asking for a course ID.
It seems that the book is not available for self-study.
While trying to investigate and the customer is on hold; the line got cut.
I send an email informing her that I will advance this issue to our level two so that they can see if there could be any book that she can access for self-study.

URL LINK:
[...]

NEXT STEPS (Resolved/Referred/Advanced/Escalated):
resolved

RESOLVED??? Nothing got resolved.  I got ripped off.  Ripped off is NOT = resolved.

I attend a local community college in order to save money.  My books this semester cost over $1000.
Maybe the government should look into how much Pearson et al., jacks up prices on textbook & how that is contributing to our nations
skyrocketing student loan debt.
Just my 2 cents.
1459678
Content was nice at the begging but actual test have many major typos which make it difficult to take tests since sometimes answer choices are exactly the same. Furthermore, the online material sucks. I took a practice test about 5 hrs and then it decided that I couldn't save it and the only option was for the company to reset it so that I had to take it again. The support was super cheapo too. They had to ask me for my password to verify that the test was frozen! SERIOUSLY this is embarrassing Princeton.
1465583
This textbook is a little confusing in places but if you are using it with the online class it's OK.
3259799
So, I have this book because it is a requirement and so far the lab has not work.  Quite frankly, I don't see the benefits of ebook, instead I am frustrated and I have to go through the headaches of accessing the book on line. So, why not just provide it on paper at a cheaper price or the same?
1178307
The book is useful, I just wish the publisher's website was more user friendly. I registered this book but am unable to log-in. I have contacted tech support and will update this depending on the service. In my opinion, for the prices we pay for these textbooks the customer service should rival that of a four star [insert service industry of your choice here].
309207
So this rental seemed ok with your expected markings in a used book until this week.  Its crunch time and the professor gave us 3 chapters 8 -11, read and do the problems. I read chapter 8 of something im already a bit confused about and go to do the problems. Then im like wtf im i  chapter 9 let me turn back a few pages, well guess what someone ripped out chapter 8 question pages tbis got me into panic mode since it was due in the morning. I had to email everyone and their mother to piece the problems together. So then im reading and wtf did i skip something?, nope another page missing and one half torn. This has stressed me out so bad. If your looking for a book thats good through 7 chapters fine but this isn't for you if the class goes deep into it.
3381112
Worst 30 something dollars I've spent for school. What is the World Wide Web? What is Wifi? Did absolutely nothing for my class-after trying to read it once I never looked at it again.
2303890
WOW!!! I heard amazing comments about this book, therefore i decided to purchased this book.
But, when i started working in the pre test, and exams test online,  i started not receiving answers or feedback about my work. My progress was not evaluated, and i am now regreting so much expending $ 30 on this material. I hope that as other people start working with this book, Saunders (evolve) starts fixing their technical issues. By the way, this book does not come with a CD, and website is not realiable at all.