learningishard: Exam anxiety
| Overcoming exam anxiety | Blogpost from evidenceintopractice | |
| Mastering exam anxiety | Comprehensive advice from a college to its own students. |
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| Rational emotive behaviour therapy (REBT), which emphasises the dire effects on our lives of the irrational beliefs we have about ourselves, especially the “musts”, “shoulds” and “have tos”. | Students need to stop looking to produce perfection in everything. From Padraig O'Morain writing in The Irish Times |
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| High School Students’ Health Suffers From Too Much Stress | Also applicable here. Homework doesn't help. Dropping a subject or a level does. From blogs.kqed.org/mindshift | |
| Teachers are part of the reason students are suffering from more stress | From theguardian.com | |
| A student reminds us that setting too much work is increasing their stress levels | And she doesn't even comment on the ineffectiveness of homework. From huffingtonpost.com | |
| But we also care. Deeply. | Wondeful video from a high school teacher. YouTube. 4 mins | |
| Advice for parents | From The American Psychological Association | |
| 10 Steps for Parents and Kids to Tame the Worry Monster | Blogpost from a psychologist - aimed at kids but useful for all ages. From huffingtonpost.com | |
| The surprisingly small amount of therapy which can prevent teen mental health issues. | From spring.org.uk | |