Panic Proof? Oh yea, you need to avoid high anxiety during exam time!
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Shaky hands, cold sweats, nausea. Are you getting the flu? Nope, it's simply exam time. And while there's no vaccine for test anxiety, you can boost your immunity to these sick feelings. According to Carnegie Mellon University, poor study skills, a bad past experience and fear of the unknown can all contribute to exam stress. Fight Test Anxiety, they suggest, with such pre-test prep as devising study strategies which work for you, focusing on detail, giving yourself a pep talk and visualizing success.
Be sure to get a good night's sleep before a test, says Psychology Today writer Rebecca Segall. In the article "Sleep On It", she cited recent research which found that those who stay up all night studying show little improvement in test performance. Use exam eve, says Richard Palmer, author of Brain Train: Studying for Success, to lay out everything you'll need – from pens/pencils, geometrical instruments and calculators to any texts required for open book tests. On exam day, rise early enough to get ready at a leisurely pace, and resist last-minute urges to cram, he says. When you have the test in hand, Factmonster.com Homework Center's Ten Tips for Taking Tests may come in handy: Read exam instructions carefully, and ask the instructor to clarify anything you don't understand; read the complete test noting the point value of each section so you can pace yourself; answer the easiest questions first, then those with the highest point value, and don't get stuck on one question – instead move on and come back to it later. Post-exam, says Factmonster, review the instructor's comments, try to learn from any mistakes, and save your test to revisit again when it's time to prepare for end-of-term exams.
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