IMPROVING TEST SCORES

Students Who Write About Their Test Anxiety May Improve Scores

With the understanding that students with anxiety about upcoming exams often perform poorly on them, researchers intervened with an exercise that permitted a randomized group of students to write about their concerns before taking an exam.  Result:  the students improved their performance and scores.   

“Writing About Testing Boosts Exam Performance in the Classroom”. Gerardo Ramirez, Sian L. Beilock.  Science, January 14, 2011, 211-213.

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