Tests and Exams are an integral part of a student’s life.
Here is a guide to coping up and dealing with ‘exam stress’- notwithstanding the test preparedness of a student.
We would like you to absorb and incorporate these invaluable tips at the earliest possible in your student life – as the techniques listed herewith are hand-selected and proven beyond doubt.
The proven techniques, would in all respects, enable you to perform to the best of your abilities and come out trumps – whenever you happen to be in ‘test/exam’ mode.
What Makes You Anxious?
If you are anxious, you need to know why.
List down the things that make you anxious about a given test – in the ensuing day. You will find that:
A) Doing so will make you feel better, and
B) You will observe that everything on your ‘to-do’ list is manageable or flat out resolvable. Share your list with us. We would be delighted to give it a look over.
You Rock! Visualize Your Greatness
Imagine: It is the day of your test and you are feeling relaxed, comfortable and most importantly prepared. This visualization technique prepares your brain to develop an ‘as is feeling’ on the day of your test.
Picture yourself strategically avoiding questions that are too tough, or would take too long to attempt.
Picture yourself recognizing that you have a Physics question, and that your job is to find the one answer that is most apt- given the information at hand.
Spend at least 3 minutes at a time imagining different details about taking the test. Notice that you answer each question with clarity and preciseness. Your visualization scene doesn’t need to be the same each time, but you need to tap into a sense of accomplishment, calm, and confidence. Do this every morning and before bedtime. Start in right earnest tonight.
Researchers at Stanford University and University of Chicago evaluated the efficacy of visualization. They compared two sets of basketball players. The first group practised playing ,whereas, the second group only imagined practising. The players who did not physically practice, but “visualized peak performance”, improved 23-30 percent in their actual basket-shooting ability, whereas the students who only “physically practised” saw little improvement.