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Date Posted: 16:22:18 02/26/07 Mon
Author: testing anxiety
Subject: another reason high stakes tests are faulty

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17243349

........Worrying about math takes up a large chunk of a person’s working memory stores as well, spelling disaster for the anxious student who is taking a high-stakes test.

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• Are you caught in a cycle of stress?

Stress about how one does on tests like college entrance exams can make even good math students choke. “All of a sudden they start looking for the short cuts,” said University of Chicago researcher Sian Beilock.

Although test preparation classes can help students overcome this anxiety, they are limited to students whose families can afford them.

Ultimately, she said, “It may not be wise to rely completely on scores to predict who will succeed.”>>>>>>>>>>>>

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