9 Proven Tricks for Reducing Test Anxiety

Let ' s face it. We ALL experiencetest anxiety, right? Maybe not all the time; maybe not on every test. For a lot of us, it ' s always there —even when we are well prepared and it ' s just a little quiz that won ' t affect our course grade one way or the other.As we all know, test anxiety really doesaffect our performance on a test. So it ' s important to develop skills to manage it andreduce itas much as possible. But how does one do that?Below, I briefly outline some of the best ways I know of to reduce test anxiety. As you look through them, it ' s natural to think " this one probably won ' t work " or " that one is just plain silly " or " I ' m not doing that! " But the the thing is, these have actuallyproven to be effective. Okay, maybe there are some that won ' t work for you —or won ' t have a big effect during every test —but you won ' t know that until youtry them!Own up to your stress.The necessary first step in fixing anything is to recognize —and admit to—the problem. If you ' re reading this article, you ' ve probably already done that. However, it is too easy to stop there. Many students blame their poor performance on test anxiety, but do not take any steps to reduce anxiety and improve performance. So the trick here is admitting to the test anxiety AND taking responsibility for personal improvement.Be prepared.This is probably the most effective trick in reducing test anxiety —but the least often practiced. There are several kinds of preparati...
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