Tips for test anxiety

Hi everyone and happy Tuesday! I hope everyone has been doing well. Life has taken a few sharp turns lately and it's been a struggle to constantly adapt. I'm doing well as of now though and I hope everyone is too! Today I wanted to talk a bit about test anxiety (which is something I think we're all quite familiar of!).

Important quote: "Fear doesn't go away. The warrior and the artist live by the same code of necessity, which dictates that the battle must be fought anew every day."

Test anxiety is very normal and it happens to us in many ways! For me, test anxiety looks like a lot of thoughts and overwhelming panic before the test itself. For others, this might occur physically and/or mentally in many different ways. Others may experience physical symptoms of test anxiety-like sweaty palms or feeling nauseous. Regardless of what symptoms may occur, it's important to realize that these feelings are normal! Feeling anxious about something is a sign that you care about, which is a good thing.

Although caring about your test is a good thing, the symptoms of test anxiety can be painful and very annoying. Test anxiety, when it becomes too much, can ultimately hinder your ability to perform well on your test. That's why it's crucial to develop good test anxiety management skills! Here are some tips I found online that have been proven to work!

1) Write down your test anxiety before the test!

A study done at the University of Chicago found that students who were given 10 minutes to write about their test anxiety on a piece of paper improved their test score by nearly one grade point. You can simply do this in many ways like talking to a friend about your test anxiety before the test itself or writing it in the notes app on your phone when you are on-the-go!

2) Beat your negativity bias by analyzing your past mistakes to learn more about them!

We all have a negativity bias, which means we naturally remember the times we fail. We tend to remember and give more emotional weight to negative events that happen to us rather than the positive ones. To overcome our negativity biases, we must actively choose to study differently. A great way to do this is to analyze our mistakes through past tests! You can ask your teacher or professor for feedback and review the points where you've made a mistake! Remember to understand why you missed the question and understand the concept before you move on so that it won't happen again!

3) Ask yourself why you made the mistake in the first place.

Ask yourself why you did poorly in the past. Were you unprepared and why were you unprepared? Did you put enough time reviewing and was the method of revision that you used helpful? These are important questions to analyze, but don't fall down into the hole of feeling guilty over them! Take the opportunity to plan out how you're going to study more effectively next time!

Discussion questions:

Do you feel test anxiety? What are some of your symptoms of it?

What are some things you can do to help alleviate your test anxiety?

Pick a number and tell me your favorite memory from when you were that age! (For example, I pick the number 10. My favorite memory from that age was my cooking birthday party!)

Have a great Tuesday everyone and good luck on your exams!

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