 | Teach students how to study for tests by making note cards, working problems from class work, homework, tests and quizzes. |
| Help students construct practice exams, or work on practice tests obtained from books or through teachers. |
| Help the student “desensitize” by practicing test-like conditions. |
| Give positive reinforcement for good work and gentle correction for mistakes. |
| Teach students how to work backwards and/or eliminate answers on multiple-choice tests. |
| Help students practice doing the questions or problems in three waves: easy, medium, and hard so they can maximize the time allowed. |
| Teach students about the physiology of test anxiety and to not be distracted by body responses such as shaking or sweaty hands, "butterflies" in stomach, etc. |
| Instruct students to eat meals with both carbohydrates and protein prior to the test. |
| Instruct students to try to exercise just enough to become a little bit tired prior to entering the testing situation (this lessens the affect of adrenaline caused by anxiety). |
| Help the students learn to have productive self-talk (rather than destructive self-talk): “My job is to do the best I can on this test today.” |
| Help students increase their ability to focus on the task of taking the test and every time attention wanders to refocus |
