Topic: `test Anxiety Causes Students To Under-perform In Examinations. Discuss

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TEST ANXIETY CAUSES STUDENTS TO UNDERPERFORM IN EXAMINATIONS
TEST ANXIETY CAUSES STUDENTS TO UNDERPERFORM IN EXAMINATIONS
Abstract
Anxiety is one of the factors that affect students during examinations .
Others factors includes unpreparedness , lack of skill in the specific
course where the exam has been taken or some sort of health-related
reasons . There are several researches done and found that common alibi
or shall we at least consider a reason for students who did not
performed well in examinations that they got nervous or anxious during
the exams . It is however important to stress that whichever of these
factors present or maybe all of these in the student are taking the
exams anxiety is a normal in humans .
Introduction
Anxiety is a psychological state of mind characterized by cognitive ,
emotional , behavioral , and physiological components ADDIN EN .CITE
CampusbluesCampusblues ,Test
Anxiety200714
September
2007http /www .campu
sblues .com /test .asp (Campusblues , 2007 . A cognitive aspect pertains to the thoughts
that run through your mind before , during , and after the dreadful
incident . Emotional aspect includes the feeling that you experienced
related to anxious events . This can be seen if a person is feel hatred
or embarrassed . Another aspect of is behavioral rim of person . This
pertains to unnecessary movements of a person when under stressed .
Example of this is , circling of pen in fingers , drumming through the tip
of fingers , and walking fast . The fourth aspect is about physiological .
This kind of anxiety includes all the reactions of the body . This is
very obvious whenever a student is suffering an anxiety . Probable
reactions of the body are beating of heart faster , sweating intensively ,
drying of your mouth . All these components create a feeling of fear and
worry . Anxiety is a common scenario where individual may experience
heart palpitation , nausea , chest pain , shortness of breath and headache
ADDIN EN .CITE
KingKing ,
JulieTest Anxiety
200714 September
2007http /www .uoreg
on .edu counsel /test 20anxiety .htm (King , 2007 .
It has been a common alibi or shall we at least consider a reason for
students who did not performed well in examinations that they got
nervous or anxious during the exams . Underperformance in examinations
however are results of several factors including unpreparedness , lack of
skill in the specific course where the exam has been taken or some sort
of health-related reasons . It is however important to stress that
whichever of these factors present or maybe all of these in the student
are taking the exams anxiety is a normal in humans ADDIN EN .CITE
Spielberger Spielberger ,
Charles D .Test Anxiety
Inventory 200614
September
2007http /www .mindg
arden .com /products /tsans .htm (Spielberger , 2006 .
Anxiety occurs in different perspective such as existential , stranger ,
palliative care and test anxiety ADDIN EN .CITE
FoundationThe Nemours
FoundationWhat Is Test
Anxiety ? 200714
September
2007http /www .kidsh
ealth .org /teen /school_jobs /school /test_anxiety .html (Foundation , 2007 . The focus of this
discussion will be test anxiety . Test anxiety is very simple as think
but most students are hardly suffering from it . People tends to take...

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