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Parents and teachers would be familiar with test anxiety. After all, they see it plainly in the performance of many students. Although not particularly alarming, test anxiety could lead to many other negative feelings that could hamper a student’s progress in his studies and life in general.
2. Parents and teachers are familiar with it
Can be seen from the performance of
students
Could lead to many other negative feelings
Test Anxiety: pressure
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3. A person taking the test
◦ Has a lot of things in his head
◦ Think of what could happen to when he fails
◦ The thought of failure makes him panicky and
desperate
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4. Panic
Overwhelm
Trouble b
T bl breathing
hi
Faint during the exam
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5. Too Much Excitement and Pressure
Lack of Sleep
The ‘Do or Die’ Mentality
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6. Students could spell the difference between
passing and failing of a subject
Before the exam
◦ Too wrapped up with thoughts of failing
◦ He wasn’t able to study well
◦ He may have studied too much
◦ Now his mind is in shambles
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7. The night before the exam
◦ Students that do better in examinations slept well
◦ Those suffering from test anxiety did not sleep well
They were either cramming or worrying
He feels dizzy and disoriented
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8. Think they have to study harder than
everyone else
Give their best without knowing when to work
the brakes
It s
It’s either he makes it or he doesn’t
doesn t
Failing could mean the end
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9. The pressure coming from the mindset
Will make him/her fail
Not the lack of effort
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10. Should be counseled by instructors
Give hints that there are second chances for
failing students
Understand that
◦ I
Imagination of the worst case scenario could be
i i f h i ld b
what’s stopping him from doing well
◦ The pressure makes him unable to think about the
positive
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