Abstract: This descriptive study examined the anxiety level in the Licensure Examination for Teachers (LET) and the extent of preparation for the exam of pre-service teachers. The respondents of the study composed of 109 Teacher Education graduates, taking review class at Iloilo Science in Technology University ISAT U Miagao Campus, Miagao, Iloilo. They were identified using purposive sampling. A validated researcher-made instrument on LET Anxiety and Extent of Preparation for LET was employed. Mean, SD, Mann Whitney U, and Kruskal Wallis were utilized as statistical techniques. The study was conducted two to three months before the schedule of the board exam, to find out the LET anxiety level and their extent of preparation for the board exam.
Results revealed that pre-service teachers had a high LET anxiety level. BEEd respondents were more anxious of the LET than the BSEd pre-service teachers. As a whole, they had a moderate extent of LET preparation. BEEd pre-service teachers had a higher extent of LET preparation than the BSEd pre-service teachers. Respondents had a greater extent of LET preparation for General Education subjects than for Professional Education and Major subjects. No significant difference existed in the pre-service teachers’ level of LET anxiety, however, a significant difference existed in their extent of LET preparation. Pre-service teachers’ anxiety level was not correlated with their extent of preparation for the LET.
Keywords: anxiety, preparation, Licensure Examination, pre-service teachers.
Title: Pre-Service Teachers’ Anxiety and Preparation Prior to Board Examination
Author: Shirley D. Frigillano, Sandra T. Examen, Linda N. Nulada
International Journal of Social Science and Humanities Research
ISSN 2348-3156 (Print), ISSN 2348-3164 (online)
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