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STUDY AND EXAM PREPARATION STRATEGIES
How To Prepare For Test And Examinations -
How to Overcome Test Anxiety
Most students experience some level of anxiety during an exam. However, when anxiety begins to affect exam performance it has become a problem.

What Causes Test Anxiety

Test anxiety is very often due to the lack of preparation resulting from poor time management, poor study habits, failure to organize information. Cramming the night before further exacerbates the anxiety. Students may also worry and feel pressure from past exam results, performances of peers and most of all, the negative consequences of failure.

Physical Signs of Test Anxiety

When under stress, a student may experience any of the following: perspiration, sweaty palms, headache, upset stomach, rapid heart beat and tense muscles.

Effects of Test Anxiety

A person experiencing test anxiety will feel nervous. He/she will have difficulty reading and understanding the questions on the exam paper and will struggle to organize his thoughts. Essay writers will have trouble retrieving key words and concepts. They suffer from mental blocks and “blank out” during exams, thus doing poorly even though they know their work.

How to Reduce Test Anxiety

  • Know your work very well so that you can recall it even if you are under stress.
  • Learn and practice good time management. Do not procrastinate.
  • Build confidence by studying consistently. Last minute cramming the night before the exam is a sure way to increasing anxiety.
  • Study smart. Focus on key words, concepts and examples in your textbooks and notes. Anticipate and generate questions from them. Make charts and outlines which summarize the important information.
  • Use relaxation techniques, for example, taking long deep breaths to relax the body and reduce stress.

 


Posted on Tuesday, September 18, 2006

 

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