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10 Tips on Passing the LET Exam

Reviewing on my own for the licensure exam for teachers required a lot of self-discipline
and motivation since I easily got distracted by a lot of things during the time I was
reviewing. Only two weeks before the exam that I seriously read the reviewers and
answered the practice tests diligently. Define cramming.

Anyway, after what I went through before the exam and passing it, I decided to share my
ten review tips. Especially, if you plan to review on your own to get a license for teaching. I
believe you can pass it!

# 1 Know your weak and strong subjects.

Allot time on reviewing the lessons of your strong subjects. And enjoy the review so you
could easily remember what you are reading. But allot more time on your weak subjects.
Well, at least if you are weak in math for example, make sure you didn’t miss reviewing
the concepts of what is covered in the test for General Math. It will be easy to find out your
area of weaknesses. Check the grades in your transcript or assess yourself which among the
classes you took you don’t remember much about what you’ve learned.

See my pointers to review based on PRC’s table of specification (TOS), which was
available for download in first week of June 2011.

Also read the coverage of the exam with schedule.

# 2 Understand the major theories, concepts and techniques in Professional Education

subjects.

Understanding the theories and concepts by heart will allow you to answer questions that
are written to confuse you. There are times that you have to choose which among the
situations on the choices will be logical based on theories or concepts mentioned or implied
in the question. I didn’t have any teaching experience when I took the exam so I really
based a lot of my answers on what I remember from my college years.

See some pointers for Professional Education subjects.

# 3 Strive hard to improve your analytical skills on answering questions.

Once you have understood theories and concept, make sure you know how to differentiate
and explain these in your own words. While reviewing, rephrase ideas and think of actual
applications. For example, in methods of teaching, allow yourself to compare method 1 with
method 2, then ask yourself why method 1 is preferred than the other on certain situations.

Ask yourself questions like:

“Why are you doing _________?―

“Why is it similar to ______________?―
“What if you will not _________, what will happen?―
“Why the result is different?―
“How can I apply this?―
“Have I experienced this myself?―
“What other examples can I think of?―
“In other words, this is about ____________.―
Just keep asking yourself regarding whatever you’ve just read on your review. Analyze
and answer in your own words. If there are questions at the end of each chapter of your
book, answer those questions. Enjoy this process so you will remember.

#4 Review General Education subjects.

Remember that you have to pass all three sets of tests including General Education (for
Secondary Education) and two sets of the tests (for Elementary Education). Don’t
assume that General Education is easy since you took the Gen Ed classes when you were in
Elementary or High School. Remember that a lot of years had passed. So refresh your
memory especially on common mathematical equations (i.e. Fractions, Volumes, Areas,
Percentages, Ages, Distance and Time computations) and major science concepts (i.e.
Matter, Gravity, Mass, Energy, Friction). You’ll never know what will show up in your
test. Solve problems listed on your review materials or old books.

# 5 Prepare everything you need for the exam.

Make sure you have read the test guidelines, which included the things you need to bring
for the exam. Check the PRC’s list of allowed calculators. If you don’t want to buy a
new one, make sure you have a non-programmable calculator. But don’t take my word
on this because I wasn’t sure if other proctors had allowed calculators not in the list.
Although my friend said she didn’t even check the list and just grab a basic calculator
with her. Proctors check each calculator before the exam starts.

# 6 Get enough sleep before the exam.

Make sure you don’t feel drowsy while taking the exam so you have enough time to
answer all the test questions. You don’t want to fail because you didn’t have enough
sleep the night before.

# 7 Avoid erasures.

In CEU, where I had my college years, we used Scantron on answering our exams. So,
I’m used to answering tests by shading boxes. I knew how erasures could make a bad
score. So before you shade it, make sure you are shading the right answer, or at least it is
your final answer. If you need to erase it, make sure it is clean. But I still don’t think it
is a good idea. I also make sure when I shade the box of my answer, I don’t shade it
beyond the box (huwag lumampas ang shading). Don’t shade it heavily too (Baka
masira mo ung papel).

# 8 Skip questions you aren’t sure on the first run through and go back to it later on.
There are some questions that no matter how well you prepared for the exam, you will have
no idea what the answer is or it will take you a lot of time to answer it. If you come across
to situations like these skip the questions first. Answer questions that you know as much as
you can then go back to the questions you skipped. If you still can’t figure out the right
answer the second time you look at the skipped question, make an educated guess.
Eliminate options that are obvious detractors and usually you will just end up with two
possible answers. Make educated guess at this point when you really can’t figure the
right one out.

# 9 Follow instructions.

Listen to what the proctor is telling you during the exam. If you are confused, ask the
proctor directly not your seatmate.

# 10 Bring with you your Common Sense.

Most of the time, you haven’t reviewed whatever appears on the real exam. What will
help you answer the exam are your basic understanding of the topics and your analytical
skill. Don’t overdo it though because you might miss the right answer.

My Story:
I completed 18 credits in Education together with my degree in Mass Communications-
Journalism. In 2008, a year after I graduated, I took the Licensure Exam for Teachers or
LET held in September.

The challenging exam made me think of enrolling in a review class, but at the end, I chose
to study on my own. Not an easy choice but I was fortunate to have my friend enrolled in a
review class that I photocopied her reviewers.

I started to self-review though just a month away before the exam, and took it more
seriously just two weeks before. If I had bigger goal like to be one of the top 10 examinees,
I would had taken the review seriously and started the review months before or took an
earlier initiative to enroll in a review center. I just wanted to pass the exam and get a
license. I’m glad I did, with an overall score between 82-84%.

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