Motivation
What would be a good example of being a great motivator for students who have a hard time on test taking?
Any stress reduction in testing will help students deal with anxiety, study game the day before test day.
Nikki,
Good way to set your students at ease. This is important for all instructors to do. Good advice for new instructors to follow.
Gary
Jose,
If possible offer the student a different testing format. For example, let the student know you will give him/her some examples of test questions or will have the student problem solve the answers by giving different situations which can be worked through. Also, maybe you can give the student more time if that is the problem. The key is that the student understands that you are customizing the situation to meet his/her needs.
Gary
Removing stress factors from testing enviroment and any anxiety that students may face. also encouraging students to tutor which builds test taking confidence.
Making students feel comfortable is very important. I often remind them of the infomation they do know by completing a short review before every test. This allows them to realize they know the material and they often feel less stress about the test. I also remind them that test scores do not measure how smart they are nor how they will perform on the job. Test simply measure how well of a test taker they are. This seems to relax my studnets and they focus more on delivering information than the score they will make.
