Writing About Worries Eases Anxiety, Improves Test Performance
Thursday, January 13, 2011 - 14:50
in Psychology & Sociology
Students can combat test anxiety and improve performance by writing about their worries immediately before the exam begins, according to study published in the journal Science. Researchers found that students who were prone to test anxiety improved their test scores by nearly one grade point after they were given 10 minutes to write about their worries.