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Yang, Chunliang; Li, Jiaojiao; Zhao, Wenbo; Luo, Liang; Shanks, David R. – Educational Psychology Review, 2023
Practice testing is a powerful tool to consolidate long-term retention of studied information, facilitate subsequent learning of new information, and foster knowledge transfer. However, practitioners frequently express the concern that tests are anxiety-inducing and that their employment in the classroom should be minimized. The current review…
Descriptors: Tests, Test Format, Testing, Test Wiseness
Nichole Guadiano Nava – ProQuest LLC, 2021
In an era focused on testing to ensure accountability, educators question the fairness and wisdom of the standardized tests as a means to evaluate the effectiveness of instruction. The problem addressed by this study was the impact of stress, anxiety, and burnout on elementary teachers as a result of expectations in administering state…
Descriptors: Test Anxiety, Testing, Standardized Tests, Elementary School Teachers
Jenalee A. Hinds – ProQuest LLC, 2020
This study's primary purpose was to determine how students with a learning disability (LD) in mathematics react in different testing environments, and whether changing the testing parameters can improve the outcomes. Quantitative data was collected through questionnaires, heart rates, and math fluency probes. These data were used to test the…
Descriptors: Stress Variables, Test Anxiety, Learning Disabilities, Mathematics Tests
Blazer, Christie – Research Services, Miami-Dade County Public Schools, 2010
Students are under pressure from teachers, parents, and college admissions counselors to maintain high grade point averages, score well on high-stakes tests, participate in a variety of extracurricular activities, and gain admission to top colleges. In fact, surveys have found that most students identify academic pressure as the main reason for…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, High Stakes Tests, Grade Point Average, College Admission

Samuel, William – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1977
Variables affecting intelligence test performance were investigated for black and white female secondary school students. Test atmosphere (evaluative or gamelike), tester expectation, and socioeconomic status of subject interacted significantly with race of subject in determining mean IQ. Subjects generally performed better with female examiners.…
Descriptors: Examiners, Expectation, Females, Intelligence Quotient
Arguelles, Lourdes; Daugherty, Alane – Claremont Graduate University (NJ1), 2006
It is well known among scholars and practitioners that stress and anxiety responses are genuine scientifically measurable reactions to a perceived stressor. It is also common knowledge that high levels of stress and anxiety have a multitude of negative psycho-physiological effects. These effects can contribute to the development of depression and…
Descriptors: Mental Disorders, Depression (Psychology), Stress Variables, Test Anxiety
Bushnell, Don D. – 1978
To test the effects of altering situational variables in stressful examinations on high test anxious and low test anxious undergraduates, mid-terms and final examinations were administered in two environmental settings: large lecture halls and small language laboratories. Mean test scores for high test anxious students in the language labs were…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Anxiety, Class Size, Environmental Influences
Wildemuth, Barbara M., Comp. – 1977
A large amount of research has been done in the past few decades to pinpoint the effects of test anxiety on the performance of those taking tests. Much of that research is listed in this bibliography, which originated with a computer search of the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) data base, Psychological Abstracts, Comprehensive…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Annotated Bibliographies, Anxiety