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Addressing test anxiety in a high-stakes environment; strategies for classrooms and schools.


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Addressing test anxiety in a high-stakes environment; strategies for classrooms and schools.

Cizek, Gregory J. and Samantha S Samantha

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. Burg.

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2006

178 pages

$67.95

Hardcover

LB3060

Taking a common-sense common-sense
adjective sensible, sound, practical, reasonable, realistic, shrewd, down-to-earth, matter-of-fact, sane, astute, judicious, level-headed, hard-headed << OPPOSITE foolish
 approach to a very common problem amongst learners, authors Cizek and Burg (education, U. of North Carolina North Carolina, state in the SE United States. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean (E), South Carolina and Georgia (S), Tennessee (W), and Virginia (N). Facts and Figures


Area, 52,586 sq mi (136,198 sq km). Pop.
, Chapel Hill and a doctoral student at the same institution) describe how the fears students may have about testing can be very real, given the high-stakes environment. They explain what test anxiety is and is not, the effects on students and teachers, its causes, the means of measuring it, tips and strategies for reducing it, and taking the next steps after addressing and attempting to overcome the anxiety. They include lists of resources.

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