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Download full textTobias, Sigmund – 1984
This paper reviews the differences between two interpretations accounting for the poor test performance of high anxious students: (1) that anxiety interferes with retrieval of prior learning; or (2) that, due to study skills deficits, the initial acquisition by anxious students is less thorough than by those lower in anxiety. Research results…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Study Skills, Test Anxiety, Test Wiseness
Bloom, Marshall H.; Segal, Jann F. – 1977
Two groups of college students participated in test-anxiety reduction programs at a Learning Resource Center. One group (six students) participated in systematic desensitization procedures and the other group (17 students) was exposed to study skills methods of reducing test anxiety. Students in both groups were pretested and posttested with the…
Descriptors: Anxiety, College Students, Desensitization, Higher Education
Paulman, Ronald G.; Kennelly, Kevin J. – 1982
The relative contributions of test anxiety and exam-taking skills to information-processing deficits were investigated in a dual-task paradigm comparing high and low test-anxious students with either good or poor exam-taking skills. Sixty-four undergraduate students (21 males, 43 females) were selected based upon pre-test scores on the Test…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Affective Measures, Cognitive Processes, Higher Education
Peer reviewedNaveh-Benjamin, Moshe – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1991
To investigate whether there are 2 types of test-anxious students, those with poor study skills and those with difficulties in retrieving material, study skills training or anxiety desensitization were provided to 84 high test-anxious university students in Israel. Results support the theory of two types of test-anxious students. (SLD)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, College Students, Comparative Analysis, Desensitization
Loulou, Diane – 1997
This brochure offers a plan to help college students study for tests. It explains how to prepare for a test and reviews techniques for taking multiple choice, essay, and other types of examinations. Organization, planning, and time management are essential for becoming a successful student. Regular reviews are the key to reducing test anxiety and…
Descriptors: College Students, Essay Tests, Higher Education, Objective Tests
May, Richard D. – 1981
This guide is intended to help teachers administer tests to adult students so that the students achieve the highest possible test results. The booklet is divided into five sections. The first section reminds the teacher of the various differences in and needs of the adult learner, while the second section gives some tips on how to conduct a…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Students, Check Lists, Examiners
