Transcript Taming Test Anxiety - Elementary School Counseling

Taming Test Anxiety
Presented by:
Mrs. Rex
What is Test Anxiety?
 Describe Feelings/Thoughts:
 Other Types of Anxiety:
 Friendships
 Life Changes (divorce, move, new school year, etc.)
 Performances (sports, theatre, music, dance, etc.)
 Other ideas?
What We’ll Do Today:
Try out test anxiety tips
Learn more about the signs of test anxiety
(and how to prevent it from happening)
Prepare for the OAA
Have fun!!!
Tips
 These tips are worth a lot!
 What to wear…
 How much sleep you need…
 What to eat…
 How to breathe…
Emotion Zones
 High +
High -
 Low +
Low -
The Emotion Zone Test
 Which emotion zone is this person in?
 Would this be a good emotion zone for a test?
Memory
 Ways to remember information:
 Look up, visualize your notes
 “Headphones” to focus and “hear” past information
 Look up and to the left—activates past knowledge
 Great for spelling words
 Stress ball
 Speak with an accent or funny voice
 Great for remembering new information
 The power of lemon, peppermint, and cinnamon
 Peppermint the best because it also boosts energy
Memory Test
 I will say 10 words.
 I will not repeat them.
 See how many you can remember…
Which words did most of us remember? Why?
Study breaks. Attention is your age + 2.
How to Relax
 Music, “headphones”
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What do you like the best?
 Other ways to relax…
 “Thinking Cap”
 Stretch your calf muscle
 Breathe through your nose
 Massage your forehead, just above the eyebrow
Confidence!
 Smile
 Laugh
 Refocusing attention when nervous
 Routine
 “I am always calm and confident under pressure.”
 You can do it! Just believe in yourself, even if
people tell you that you are not good enough.
 Someone made millions of dollars selling “pet rocks”
 By the time you are 18, you will have heard “no,” “don’t,”
etc. over 300,000 times