Crowdsourcing PSYCHOMETRICIANS LENS: 2014 BLEPP Anecdotes

After day-2 or the last day of the BLEPP (Psychometrician), we were receiving complaints and feedback about the exam particularly Psychological Assessment on our FB page. We have to make our FB page offline for few days in order not to breach the attestation of non-disclosure.

So to make those complaints formal and official we suggest our FB readers/likers to send us private message or email us those complaints and we can collate and send them to the Board of Psychology of PRC.

In line with this, we are requesting you our readers to make our experience of the licensure exam a lasting memory and a legacy, whether we did good or failed in our first attempt in the history of Philippine Psychology. It is by way of anecdotes which we entitled,  Psychometricians Lens: Anecdotes of the Pioneers on the 2014 BLEPP.

We would like to feature here in our blog those personal stories and experiences of the board exam. Since we are pioneers we would like to document them for posterity. And we  hope those experiences will serve as lesson  and a a source of inspiration for those who will take the exam after us. We would truly appreciate your contribution. 

The goal or objective of this anecdotes crowdsourcing include: 

1. sharing of personal story and experiences of the board exam (not necessarily the content of the board exam)
2. lessons learned to serve as source of inspiration for future test takers
3. to post in blog these anecdotes and transform them to free-downloadable e-book.

Note: copyrights belongs to/will remain with the author/contributor and will be co-shared as a creative commons when posted in the blog or made into an ebook.

So what are the requirements:

1. not more than 3-4 paragraphs
2. at least 500 words
3. written in any Philippine language such as Tagalog/Filipino/Visayan/Ilocano/(English/Taglish)
4. send us your article via PM on FB or email to tinorepaso@gmail.com

What and how to write, it can be humorous, anxious, fun, informative, academic, etc. How you got to know about the exam, the struggle of finding out information about the exam during your application, your preparation and review and the result and outcome (which will be out next week) - whether pass or fail. Also, if you have some issues and concerns or constructive feedback, recommendations and suggestions to the Board of Psychology of PRC then write about it as well. Refrain from discussing content of the exam though so we will not breach the non-disclosure policy of the board exam. 

We hope to feature 10-20 stories (depending on the submissions) both of those who will be successful and those who did not make it on their first attempt of the licensure exam. We also wish to provide copy to the Board of Psychology of PRC so that they will be made aware of  our experiences and concerns as test takers and pioneers.

SELF-REVIEW SURVEY: LICENSURE EXAM FOR PSYCHOMETRICIAN

REVIEW CENTER ASSESSMENT SURVEY

Facebook Page for Philippine Psychometrician Reviewer is temporary offline

Many are asking what happened to our Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/psychometricianreviewer)  it is currently offline. We will reactivate the FB page once the result is out. We are also trying to prevent discussion on the licensure exam's content so we do not break on our oath of non-disclosure. Well we believe that you discuss it with your classmates, reviewmates, friends and family members but we do not want it to happen on our FB page and on this site. But definitely we are interested to know how was your experience with this historic event. We will be posting blog posts about it in our next posts.

Next week will be back and hope that you can be part of the initiatives we have in the pipeline. Until then...

Good luck and kita-kits as oath taking

A blessed Sunday to all! 

As we all wind up our review, we would like to share to our new likers some of the posts we made previously about the kind of exam announced during the orientation by the PRC Psychology Board and several links for strategies in answering multiple choice exam.

I would also like to thank all our dedicated co-admins of our Facebook page who shared their time, effort and creativity in making our page more fun, interesting, interactive and informative. We also would like to thank all of you readers and FB likers for having actively participated and exchanged with us. We hope in our small ways we were able to be of help to inform and update, shared quizzes and links, among others for this first ever Board Licensure Examination for Psychometrician.  

We wish everyone good luck and good wishes and may we all see each other at the oath taking comes December 2014.

So, at your leisure time try to read some of the links below which might be of help to you. From our FAQ:

7.2 What is outcome-based assessment?

Dr. Imelda Virgina G. Villar, Board Member of the Board of Psychology of the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) in her presentation at the Orientation for the Psychology Licensure Exam held on 18 June 2014, she informed a full packed PSSC Auditorium that Psychology will be the first profession to offer Outcome-based Board Exam in the Philippines. Aside from the Board Licensure Examination for Psychologists and Psychometricians (BLEPP) being implemented this coming October for the first time is another milestone in the history of Psychology in the Philippines.

http://psychometricpinas.blogspot.com/2014/06/psychology-first-profession-to-offer.html

http://psychometricpinas.blogspot.com/2014/06/outcomes-assessment-faq-examples-and.html

http://psychometricpinas.blogspot.com/2014/06/comparison-bloom-and-tos-required.html

http://psychometricpinas.blogspot.com/2014/08/taking-multiple-choice-exams-strategy.html

http://psychometricpinas.blogspot.com/2014/09/more-advice-for-those-taking-philippine.html

Multiple choice tests

http://www.studygs.net/tsttak3.htm

Taking Multiple Choice Exams

http://people.uwec.edu/ivogeler/multiple.htm

Test Taking Tips

http://www.testtakingtips.com/test/gentest.htm

Multiple Choice Test Taking Tips

http://www.testtakingtips.com/test/multiple.htm

Strategies for Answering Multiple Choice Questions

http://universitycollege.illinoisstate.edu/downloads/Test%20Taking%20Strategies%20Guide.pdf

Person with disability to take the 2014 Licensure Exam for Psychometrician

This should inspire us all, a person with disability (PWD), a blind woman is going to take the licensure exam. This  is another historic event for this board exam. She must be really talented for finishing up a degree in Psychology at Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila (PLM).

I wish her to pass the exam, to inspire those of us without disabilities and those with disabilities, that we too can also pass the exam. I am happy and congratulate the Psychology Board and PRC for not not discriminating, instead allowing a PWD in taking the board exam, indeed everyone deserves to be registered and licensed, provided they pass the exam,  no matter what the person's physical condition is. 


Links of related laws:


RA 7277  Magna Carta for Disabled Persons
http://www.ncda.gov.ph/disability-laws/republic-acts/republic-act-7277/


RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES OF DISABLED PERSONS 
CHAPTER I – Employment 
SECTION 5. Equal Opportunity for Employment       

No disabled persons shall be denied access to opportunities for suitable employment. A qualified disabled employee shall be subject to the same terms and conditions of employment and the same compensation, privileges, benefits, fringe benefits, incentives or allowances as a qualified able-bodied person. Five percent (5%) of all casual, emergency and contractual positions in the Department of Social Welfare and Development; Health; Education, Culture and Sports; and other government agencies, offices or corporations engaged in social development shall be reserved for disabled persons.




TITLE THREE       
PROHIBITION ON DISCRIMINATION AGAINST DISABLED PERSONS 

CHAPTER 1       
Discrimination on Employment 

SECTION 32. Discrimination on Employment       

No entity, whether public or private, shall discriminate against a qualified disabled person by reason of disability in regard to job application procedures, the hiring, promotion, or discharge of employees, employee compensation, job training, and other terms, conditions, and privileges of employment. The following constitute acts of discrimination: 

(a). Limiting, segregating or classifying a disabled job applicant in such a manner that adversely affects his work opportunities; 

(b). Using qualification standards, employment tests or other selection criteria that screen out or tend to screen out a disabled person unless such standards, tests or other selection criteria are shown to be jobrelated for the position on question and are consistent with business necessity; 

(c). Utilizing standards, criteria, or methods of administration that: 1). have the effect of discrimination on the basis of disability; or 2). perpetuate the discrimination of others who are subject to common administrative control; 

(d). Providing less compensation, such as salary, wage or other forms of remuneration and fringe benefits, to a qualified disabled employee, by reason of his disability, than the amount to which a non-disabled person performing the same work is entitled; 

(e). Favoring a non-disabled employee over a qualified disabled employee with respect to promotion, training opportunities, study and scholarship grants, solely on account of the latter’s disability; 

(f). Re-assigning or transferring a disabled employee to a job or position he cannot perform by reason of his disability; 

(g). Dismissing or terminating the services of a disabled employee by reason of his disability unless the employer can prove that he impairs the satisfactory performance of the work involve to the prejudice of the business entities; Provided, however, That the employer first sought provide reasonable accommodations for disabled persons; 

(h). Failing to select or administer in the effective manner employment tests which accurately reflect the skills, aptitude or other factor of the disabled applicant or employee that such test purports to measure, rather than the impaired sensory, manual or speaking skills of such applicant or employee, if any; and 

(i). Excluding disabled persons from membership in labor unions or similar organization. - 

See more at: http://www.ncda.gov.ph/disability-laws/republic-acts/republic-act-7277/#sthash.nlmRBRd8.dpuf



RA 10524 AN ACT EXPANDING THE POSITIONS RESERVED FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITY, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7277, AS AMENDED, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE MAGNA CARTA FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITY

http://www.gov.ph/2013/04/23/republic-act-no-10524/

Licensure Exam for Psychometrician Handling Identification and Answer Sheet

Identification Sheet, Answer Sheet

Handling of Examinee Identification Sheet/Answer Sheets

• Check if the Serial Number of Examinee Identification Sheet/Answer Sheets are the same for all the sheets. If there is any discrepancy, return the set to your Room Watchers for replacement. The Serial Number is NOT the examination number. It has nothing to do with your examination.
• Check if there are defects or unnecessary marks on your Examinee Identification Sheet/Answer Sheets.
• Check if the number of Answer Sheets corresponds to the number of examination subjects.
• Do not fold or mutilate, take extra care and keep clean your Examinee Identification Sheet/Answer Sheets.
• Before detaching an answer sheet, check if the brown envelope is yours and the set inside belongs to you.

How to Mark Your Examinee Identification Sheet/Answer Sheets

• Use standard No. 2 pencil only
• Do not use too much pressure
• Shade like this  not like these .
  Make the shading dark.
• Strictly no erasures allowed

How to Accomplish Examinee Identification Sheet

Brown Envelope

Print your name on the top left corner and your seat number on the top right corner.

Handling of Test Question Sets

• Indicate your seat number at the right top corner of page 1
• Check if the number of pages of Test Question Set is complete and no misprint. If there is any problem, return the set to your Room Watchers for replacement.
• Mark A or B on the answer sheet to indicate the set of Test Question assigned to you.
• You can use your Test Question Set as your Scratch .
• Keep the Test Question Set stapled until the end of examination.

Source - http://www.prc.gov.ph/page.aspx?id=7