Situation:De-Stress the Test Process provides students an opportunity to take a test with no stress. The students are told the test is ungraded and will help the instructor. The instructor compares the scores of the final test with this ‘ungraded ‘pre-test’ and gives the student the higher score.
Many of my students stress when taking unit tests to the point that their grades do not demonstrate their abilities seen during class. What strategies can I give them to relax and not fail?