Tips to Overcome Exam Fear
Exams are often considered as a ‘fear’ factor among children. Students of all age groups do undergo exam anxiety and have ‘exam phobia’ when it’s around the corner. Some do take it easy while some cannot. The extent of stress is too much that drives them to take extreme measures. The fear is more before the exams causing them to underperform on that day. It’s worse when the students have older brothers or sisters who have performed well, and they are expected to keep up to those standards.
CXC Academy lists the following practices in order to overcome the stress and fear during examinations:
- Start revising early
- Your own timetable
- Chart out
- Mix of subjects
- Target for the day
- Allocate time for breaks
- Sleep well
- Taking Notes
- Write legibly
- Using highlighters
- Headings and subheadings
- Organise your notes
- Decide when to study
- Ask for help
- Share with someone
- Answer previous papers
- Don’t compare with your friends
- Talk it out
- Visualize positivity
- Physically active
- Practise meditation
- Have balanced meal
- Try for group study
- Take a Quick Walk