AP Economics for iPhone Review

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By: CheongShim International Education Research Institute

Version #: 1.0.1

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Developer: By CheongShim International Education Research Center

Price: $3.99

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Everyone loves money, but not everyone loves economics. At least not studying economics. With an endless supply of graphs and formulas a micro or macro economics class can cause student’s eye’s to glaze over faster than your grandma’s five hour family slideshow. I think CheongShim feels your pain and wants to help make enduring the necessary evils of this subject as painless as possible. AP Economics is a study guide app for both Macro and Micro Economics from the International Academy CheongShim in South Korea.

The fundamentals of AP Economics are simple. Choose between micro and macroeconomics, and choose a section to study. You will then be dropped right into the study material with slides of facts, formulas, and graphs. If you know the material on the slide, then flick the slide up. If you looked at it and realized you had forgotten it then flick it down. AP Economics app will order the slides so that you only study the material you are having difficulty with. It scores your responses from a -3 to a 3 rating depending on how your answer each slide. The higher the number the less often you will see the slide. This method of studying has shown to be very effective and also saves time as you wont be going over information you already know. You can also review just a particular level of slides by tapping the numbers at the bottom of the unit list.

If you see a slide you want to refer back to while studying, you can add it to a bookmarked list by tapping the star in he upper right. The list can be accessed from the same star if you tap it from outside of the slides. This can be a bit confusing to first time users as it is not clear that the button has changed purposes. While the app does a good job of covering its material, there are times when slides are a bit wordy and would be difficult to read on the iPhone’s smaller screen. I personally think this app is best utilized with someone else asking questions about the material and you answering.

This app could be a gift from heaven for the economics student as they can save time making flash cards and are able to utilize a quick study session anywhere they are at. Plus, unlike some other educational material, AP economics is…economical at $3.99 so you has no excuse for failing your next exam.