Teacher Interventions Used To Reduce Test Anxiety: Does Free-Writing Before a Test Help Reduce Anxiety?

Author(s)

Kimberly E. Lentz, Bowling Green State UniversityFollow

Abstract

The focus of this study is to look at how common testing anxiety is among students and how teachers can work with their students to reduce this anxiety. The study examines and discusses past research to see what causes test anxiety and what methods have been effective in the past in reducing this anxiety. Then, based on past research, a similar study is completed in my high school honors geometry classroom to determine whether the suggestions given by past researchers will decrease reported test anxiety in my students.

Department

Education

Major

Integrated Mathematics Education

First Advisor

Dr. Daria Filippova

First Advisor Department

Mathematics and Statistics

Second Advisor

Jacob Burgoon

Second Advisor Department

Educational Foundations, Leadership and Policy

Publication Date

Spring 4-18-2017

Repository Citation

Lentz, Kimberly E., "Teacher Interventions Used To Reduce Test Anxiety: Does Free-Writing Before a Test Help Reduce Anxiety?" (2017). Honors Projects. 260.
https://scholarworks.bgsu.edu/honorsprojects/260