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Addressing Test Anxiety in a High-Stakes Environment

Strategies for Classrooms and Schools

Gregory J. Cizek | Samantha S. Burg
  • Pages 192
  • Product Code 9781412908900 ( MR #041745 )

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What can we do about test anxiety that will help our students?

Testing is expanding at every level of education and into every corner of social and vocational enterprise, and test anxiety can have devastating effects on students' test scores, confidence, and motivation to learn. Testing has become more extensive and more consequential at every level. The higher the stakes on tests, the greater the concern about the presence and effects of test anxiety.
 
Addressing Test Anxiety in a High-Stakes Environment provides straightforward explanations, practical suggestions, and reasonable recommendations for addressing test anxiety. This practical resource offers:
  • An overview of the concept of test anxiety
  • A glossary of assessment and measurement terms
  • Current research findings on test anxiety and which students it is most likely to affect
  • Information on the prevalence, correlations, and effects of test anxiety
  • Situations in which test anxiety can be helpful
  • Suggestions for preventing and reducing the effects of test anxiety

  • Copyright 2006