Spring testing season is upon us! Tune in to learn more about anxiety, testing anxiety in children, and some tips to help the children in your life work through it.
Resources
Cook, J., & DuFalla, A. (2021). The anti-test anxiety society. National Center for Youth Issues.
Cook, J., & Valentine, A. (2021). Bubble gum brain: Ready, get mindset...grow!! National Center for Youth Issues.
Davis, K. C. (2022). How to keep house while drowning: A gentle approach to cleaning and organizing. Simon Element.
England, B. J., Brigati, J. R., Schussler, E. E., & Chen, M. M. (2019). Student anxiety and perception of difficulty impact performance and persistence in introductory biology courses. CBE—Life Sciences Education, 18(2). https://doi.org/10.1187/cbe.17-12-0284
Papa, L. (2020). A year of mindfulness for beginners: Daily mantras, meditations, and prompts. Rockridge Press.
Pekrun, R., Frenzel, A. C., Goetz, T., & Perry, R. P. (2007). The control-value theory of Achievement Emotions. Emotion in Education, 13–36. https://doi.org/10.1016/b978-012372545-5/50003-4
Segool, N. K., Carlson, J. S., Goforth, A. N., von der Embse, N., & Barterian, J. A. (2013). Heightened test anxiety among young children: Elementary school students’ anxious responses to high-stakes testing. Psychology in the Schools, 50(5), 489–499. https://doi.org/10.1002/pits.21689