Manage Test Anxiety While You Study: Overcome Exam Stress and Learn Revision Skills

by Helen Barsham

Overview

Whether you're preparing for higher education or you're already there, one thing is for sure – the tests you need to take are stressful. Perhaps you feel like you don't know how to properly prepare, or you get so nervous that you can't put what you know to paper when the time comes to take an exam.

Manage Test Anxiety While You Study uses cognitive science to explain how memory works, and how to use this to your advantage when retaining knowledge for exams. This knowledge will boost your confidence by showing you how your revision works, and ease the amount of anxiety you feel when you sit down for your next test.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781837961467
Publisher:	Trigger Publishing
Publication date:	09/02/2025
Series:	Student Wellbeing Series
Pages:	96
Product dimensions:	4.37(w) x 7.00(h) x (d)
Age Range:	13 - 18 Years

About the Author

Teacher and researcher Dr Helen Barsham has a doctorate from Cambridge Universityfor her research in test anxiety. Her doctoral research focused on how memory works (an aspect of cognitive science) and the theory of self-efficacy, and combined these ideas to create a model that helps children feel more confident when taking exams. She has seen how important this is firsthand – she has nearly three decades of experience working in primary and secondary education.

Table of Contents

• Introduction: Do you get anxious before exams? Help is at hand!
• Chapter 1: How Memory Works 
• Chapter 2: Using Cognitive Science to Manage Test Anxiety - "Study, Test, Test, Test"
• Chapter 3: How to Handle School, Peer and Parental Pressure
• Chapter 4: Revision Strategies 
• Chapter 5: Practical advice in the lead-up to a test 
• Chapter 6: Useful questions to ask