Student Success Skills: Test Prep and Managing Test Anxiety

Test Anxiety

In this Crash Course, you will learn about general mental health information, including statistics about students suffering from mental health issues such as anxiety and depression. Dr. Lobo will provide detailed information about the symptoms of anxiety, and specifically, performance or "test" anxiety. Dr. Lobo and Dr. Fisher will give you practical tips for combatting test anxiety.

Additional links:

Five Easy Tips to Beat Anxiety (Video)

Five Minute Quick Anxiety Reduction Guided Mindfulness Meditation (Video)

Please note that the current selection of pre-recorded crash courses in wellness features Dr. Doug Lobo, the previous SJR State Care Counselor. New Crash Courses featuring the new SJR State Student Support Ombuds team will be coming soon! In the meantime, if you need support please contact Dr. Iana Harris, Ombuds. 

1. Ask about the exam (materials covered, format, points, level of detail, etc.)
2. Take inventory of your notes
3. Set a study schedule
4. Keep your diet consistent
5. Don’t stop exercising
6. Get regular sleep
7. Make a five-day study plan for each exam

St. Johns River State College offers counseling free of charge to currently enrolled students. If you need to talk to someone about anxiety please consider contacting the College Care Counselor, Dr. Douglass Lobo.

Click here for Wellness Resources at SJR State 

Suggested Search Terms

We have some books listed below on Test Taking, but if you would like to see what other materials the Library owns on the topic, try these search terms:

Test-Taking Skills

Study Skills

Examinations

Test Anxiety

Math Anxiety