I'm using Dauntless software to study and do practice test. I'm curious what many of you scored on your practice tests before going in to take the actual? I'm taking the AGI in order to be credential to teach some class at my school.

Thanks

Shepardair

piperpainter wrote:Shepardair

+1 for Shepard.

Titus 577,

I took the test long before software existed. I made low sixties first time, low seventies second time. Both were self study. Later, as a CFI, I encouraged my students to do the weekend cram and test method.

If you are a professional educator, understand that the initial banks of questions were put together by retaining most missed questions. In any part of education, this is a poor testing practice. The cram and test guys knew some methods to help get around poorly written questions.

If your students want to get a PPL, it is a necessary step. If your interest is in exposing them to aviation, there are less frustrating methods.

I have used the Jeppsen software to do my bi-annual CFII renewal and scored 100%. I don't try to think about the questions, just regurgitate what I have just read.

I always did better on the practice tests than the actual. For me personally, I'd want 85-90's before I would be comfortable with the real.

I've done the King's Online School for Private and now for my instrument rating. I usually would get low to mid 80's on my practice tests before I go and take the lasergrade official test. As long as your understanding the overall concepts and can name a bunch of crap on a chart you should be good . I'll be taking my IFR test in the next week or two, wish me luck

It's been years since I took an FAA written test, but had significant improvement in my scores as I refined my study methods. I started out getting a passing grade in the low 70's. Once I adjusted my study methods the scores went upto +95%. I think took about 8-10 of these written' over the years, with all the CFI writtens and ATP, Flight Engineer, ect.

I would recommend getting the ASA book study guide. (Old school I know) It's organized in chapters by topic. Read the material, then read the applicable test questions AND ONLY the correct answer. Then ask yourself "do I understand why that answer is correct?" If so, move on..,if not, find out why the correct answer is correct, then move on.

NEVER read the wrong answer. Once you are through the book, go through it again in the same way, trying to answer correctly with out looking at the answers. By this time, the right answers jump off the pages, and you understand why the answers are correct. I know the method does not fit quite as well for the performance charts, but you got the idea.

Becone 1381,

I like your method. They try to test students on what they don't know, rather than what they know. This would be a method to get around that Pinko Commie Trick.

On my private the last practice and the thet were the same. On the Instrument I missed two more on the real test than on the last practice (ADF/MLS questions ).

+100 for Shepardair. I studied both Gleim and ASA for my CFI and scored a 92 with lots of studying and turmoil. I was then turned onto Shepardair for my CFII. I studied three to four days and scored a 100%. It took me only 12 minutes to take the 50 question test. They have the study methodology figured out. Make sure to read through the instructions and follow them. It all has to do with the law of primacy.

The school where I taught wanted students to take practice tests till they got at least a 90% on one. I hated it. The students would start getting psyched out, and pretty soon all those wrong answers they'd checked on the practice tests became real.

Downhill it went.

Study the material on any of the good study programs, then go take the damn test.

Really.

MTV

As a high school teacher, I wrote a lot of multiple choice questions. They were easy to grade with a overlay with holes cut out for the right answers. An important principle is to test them on what they know. It is educational to make wrong choices obvious common error type stuff the has been repeatedly drilled out of them. The correct choice is what you have drilled into them.

Just the opposite is true with FAA test thinking. The best choice for them need have little to do with reality. The wrong choices that are very confusing are most retained in future tests.

MTV is right about taking the test quickly. If the enemy is using psychological warfare, we want to get through the contaminated area quickly. We want to get their particular way of looking at a problem into our head and test quickly without trying to make sense out of it compared to reality.

It has to do with "right of passage." It has nothing to do with the education of pilots. It is meant to make you question yourself. It is not meant to build you up. It is based on obscure information rather than the need to know stuff we instructors harp on.