Assisting the Test Anxious Student

• Test Anxiety Also Causes:

•Lowered Performance•Underachievement•Withdrawal from class and school•Need for professional help•Health problems

3 Factors:

• Causes of Test Anxiety:

•Academic Skill Deficits•Social Learning Factors•Cognitive-Attentional Factors

Academic Skills Deficits:•Poor Test Taking Skills•Poor Studying Habits•Lack of Effective Study Skills

Social Learning •Self-Confidence•Self Efficacy•Internal Locus of Control

Cognitive Attentional Factors•Worrying thoughts•Anxious states of mind•Irrelevant thoughts

Worry Thoughts

• Self-Critical Thoughts•Thoughts about Potential Negative Consequences•Excessive Thinking about Alternative Answers•Thoughts about Performance

Anxious States:

Irrelevant Thoughts

“I wonder what I’m going to cook for supper tonight”

I hope my mom is feeling better today—I should’ve have gone to

visit yesterday”

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