Testing is a significant component of students’ academic experience. Students of all ages take tests, and some may find test-taking a less enjoyable experience than others. Students who struggle when ...

Test anxiety is a real problem, affecting 25% to 40% of U.S. students. Anxiety, along with academic stress, can appear as physical symptoms (such as headaches, nausea and sleeplessness) and ...

In one study, students who practiced mindful breathing each day for a week leading up to an exam reported significantly less ...

Q. I’m freaking out. April’s coming, I’m nervous about PSSA tests. I hate them. They’re long. You can’t study for them, not really. And everything – I mean everything – rides on them. I want to go to ...

"We don't all learn the same and that's what it's about," the teacher said An Alabama teacher's classroom remix of "Old Town Road" by Lil Nas X which aims to help with student's test-taking anxiety ...

Testing situations provide ample reason for students to feel anxious: an uncertain outcome, an environment which values intellectual ability, belonging to a society in which degrees and grade point ...

Jasmine is on my Zoom screen, and her session is about to begin. She is twirling her hair. As she starts talking, the rate and intensity of the twirling increases. “My psychology AP exam is on Friday, ...

With the beginning of ACT and SAT college admission tests and Missouri Assessment Program tests, some students may develop test anxiety. University of Missouri child psychiatrist Arpit Aggarwal on ...

Upset stomach and headache. This time of year, it’s easy to dismiss such symptoms as the flu. But if your child has more than the norm, he or she might be suffering from something else: test-taking ...

JUPITER, Fla. (CBS12) — Students across the state have just finished up their FAST tests – that’s the state-required standardized tests that, starting in 3rd grade, they need to pass to make it to the ...

Workplaces aren’t supposed to pressure people into making expensive, high-stakes decisions before they’re ready, especially not under the guise of encouragement. Her boss has been relentlessly pushing ...