The purpose of this is to review of the properties of test anxiety and its reduction theories. Every student has test anxiety and he can't avoid from it. Some students adjust the test anxiety situation very well, but some students do not. The educator...
The purpose of this is to review of the properties of test anxiety and its reduction theories. Every student has test anxiety and he can't avoid from it. Some students adjust the test anxiety situation very well, but some students do not. The educators and teachers need for the information about the properties and reduction theories of test anxiety in order to help the high anxious students.
This research treats the three parts of test anxiety. First parts are the meaning of test anxiety, the two factors of test anxiety, the tool development of test anxiety, and the correlations between test anxiety and academic performance as general properties. Second parts of this article are the correlations between test anxiety and general anxiety, some motivational aspects of test anxiety, and model hierarchy of test anxiety and general anxiety as theoretical foundations of test anxiety. Third parts of this study are systematic desensitization theory, rational emotive theory, attention theory, test-taking theory, and self-efficacy theory as reduction theories of test anxiety.
Wolpe's systematic desensitization training, Ellis's rational emotive training, Wine's attentional training test-taking training, and Bandura's self-efficacy training are very useful methods in order to decrease the test anxiety of students. Also multivariate program of two or three methods is effective to high test anxiouse students.