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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