How does academia handle those with test anxieties?
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Suppose you truly know the material but cannot perform well in a testing setting because you have real diagnosed anxiety or testophobia. How is it accommodated?
I was considering this for someone who has to take the qualifying exams as well.
So how do professors and administrators handle testophobia/test anxiety?
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Suppose you truly know the material but cannot perform well in a testing setting because you have real diagnosed anxiety or testophobia. How is it accommodated?
I was considering this for someone who has to take the qualifying exams as well.
So how do professors and administrators handle testophobia/test anxiety?
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I am looking forward to the answers to this, but I am afraid for many institutions the real answer to your titular question may be "very poorly".
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So how do professors and administrators handle testophobia/test anxiety?
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Suppose you truly know the material but cannot perform well in a testing setting because you have real diagnosed anxiety or testophobia. How is it accommodated?
I was considering this for someone who has to take the qualifying exams as well.
So how do professors and administrators handle testophobia/test anxiety?
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I am looking forward to the answers to this, but I am afraid for many institutions the real answer to your titular question may be "very poorly".
– xLeitix
5 hours ago
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I am looking forward to the answers to this, but I am afraid for many institutions the real answer to your titular question may be "very poorly".
– xLeitix
5 hours ago
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I am looking forward to the answers to this, but I am afraid for many institutions the real answer to your titular question may be "very poorly".
– xLeitix
5 hours ago
I am looking forward to the answers to this, but I am afraid for many institutions the real answer to your titular question may be "very poorly".
– xLeitix
5 hours ago
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There are several options, applied as they wish by the institutions.
These include (not an exhaustive list as based on experience from places I have been):
1) extra time ie 20% or more longer.
2) separate room - fewer people ie quieter.
3) a « coach » does not provide answers but helps student « think » and structure response.
4) a scribe, who writes the answer but does not provide the answer, just transcribes the words of the student.
5) providing "oral" based exams ie questions prepared to read to the student and responses written for the student.
The choice of strategy depends on an assessment of the student. This assessment is usually completed by a "Student Learning Officer" or equivalent, who can assess the student’s learning impairment & needs and decide accordingly.
Some of these require a huge effort for implementation ie option 5 means the professor gets to write a unique exam which takes a lot of time...
answered 4 hours ago
Solar Mike
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Interesting. I have not heard of option (3) so far. I like the thought, but that solution seems like it will be extremely difficult to implement fairly.
– xLeitix
1 hour ago
@xLeitix well, seen it as the student starts mentioning things relevant, so the coach says put them on a bubble diagram and link them etc... So, the student starts to build a useful response... It is based on the input from the student, just getting them to use it...
– Solar Mike
1 hour ago
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There are several options, applied as they wish by the institutions.
These include (not an exhaustive list as based on experience from places I have been):
1) extra time ie 20% or more longer.
2) separate room - fewer people ie quieter.
3) a « coach » does not provide answers but helps student « think » and structure response.
4) a scribe, who writes the answer but does not provide the answer, just transcribes the words of the student.
5) providing "oral" based exams ie questions prepared to read to the student and responses written for the student.
The choice of strategy depends on an assessment of the student. This assessment is usually completed by a "Student Learning Officer" or equivalent, who can assess the student’s learning impairment & needs and decide accordingly.
Some of these require a huge effort for implementation ie option 5 means the professor gets to write a unique exam which takes a lot of time...
answered 4 hours ago
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Interesting. I have not heard of option (3) so far. I like the thought, but that solution seems like it will be extremely difficult to implement fairly.
– xLeitix
1 hour ago
@xLeitix well, seen it as the student starts mentioning things relevant, so the coach says put them on a bubble diagram and link them etc... So, the student starts to build a useful response... It is based on the input from the student, just getting them to use it...
– Solar Mike
1 hour ago
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There are several options, applied as they wish by the institutions.
These include (not an exhaustive list as based on experience from places I have been):
1) extra time ie 20% or more longer.
2) separate room - fewer people ie quieter.
3) a « coach » does not provide answers but helps student « think » and structure response.
4) a scribe, who writes the answer but does not provide the answer, just transcribes the words of the student.
5) providing "oral" based exams ie questions prepared to read to the student and responses written for the student.
The choice of strategy depends on an assessment of the student. This assessment is usually completed by a "Student Learning Officer" or equivalent, who can assess the student’s learning impairment & needs and decide accordingly.
Some of these require a huge effort for implementation ie option 5 means the professor gets to write a unique exam which takes a lot of time...
answered 4 hours ago
Solar Mike
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Interesting. I have not heard of option (3) so far. I like the thought, but that solution seems like it will be extremely difficult to implement fairly.
– xLeitix
1 hour ago
@xLeitix well, seen it as the student starts mentioning things relevant, so the coach says put them on a bubble diagram and link them etc... So, the student starts to build a useful response... It is based on the input from the student, just getting them to use it...
– Solar Mike
1 hour ago
add a comment |
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up vote
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There are several options, applied as they wish by the institutions.
These include (not an exhaustive list as based on experience from places I have been):
1) extra time ie 20% or more longer.
2) separate room - fewer people ie quieter.
3) a « coach » does not provide answers but helps student « think » and structure response.
4) a scribe, who writes the answer but does not provide the answer, just transcribes the words of the student.
5) providing "oral" based exams ie questions prepared to read to the student and responses written for the student.
The choice of strategy depends on an assessment of the student. This assessment is usually completed by a "Student Learning Officer" or equivalent, who can assess the student’s learning impairment & needs and decide accordingly.
Some of these require a huge effort for implementation ie option 5 means the professor gets to write a unique exam which takes a lot of time...
answered 4 hours ago
Solar Mike
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There are several options, applied as they wish by the institutions.
These include (not an exhaustive list as based on experience from places I have been):
1) extra time ie 20% or more longer.
2) separate room - fewer people ie quieter.
3) a « coach » does not provide answers but helps student « think » and structure response.
4) a scribe, who writes the answer but does not provide the answer, just transcribes the words of the student.
5) providing "oral" based exams ie questions prepared to read to the student and responses written for the student.
The choice of strategy depends on an assessment of the student. This assessment is usually completed by a "Student Learning Officer" or equivalent, who can assess the student’s learning impairment & needs and decide accordingly.
Some of these require a huge effort for implementation ie option 5 means the professor gets to write a unique exam which takes a lot of time...
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Interesting. I have not heard of option (3) so far. I like the thought, but that solution seems like it will be extremely difficult to implement fairly.
– xLeitix
1 hour ago
@xLeitix well, seen it as the student starts mentioning things relevant, so the coach says put them on a bubble diagram and link them etc... So, the student starts to build a useful response... It is based on the input from the student, just getting them to use it...
– Solar Mike
1 hour ago
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Interesting. I have not heard of option (3) so far. I like the thought, but that solution seems like it will be extremely difficult to implement fairly.
– xLeitix
1 hour ago
@xLeitix well, seen it as the student starts mentioning things relevant, so the coach says put them on a bubble diagram and link them etc... So, the student starts to build a useful response... It is based on the input from the student, just getting them to use it...
– Solar Mike
1 hour ago
Interesting. I have not heard of option (3) so far. I like the thought, but that solution seems like it will be extremely difficult to implement fairly.
– xLeitix
1 hour ago
Interesting. I have not heard of option (3) so far. I like the thought, but that solution seems like it will be extremely difficult to implement fairly.
– xLeitix
1 hour ago
@xLeitix well, seen it as the student starts mentioning things relevant, so the coach says put them on a bubble diagram and link them etc... So, the student starts to build a useful response... It is based on the input from the student, just getting them to use it...
– Solar Mike
1 hour ago
@xLeitix well, seen it as the student starts mentioning things relevant, so the coach says put them on a bubble diagram and link them etc... So, the student starts to build a useful response... It is based on the input from the student, just getting them to use it...
– Solar Mike
1 hour ago
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I am looking forward to the answers to this, but I am afraid for many institutions the real answer to your titular question may be "very poorly".
– xLeitix
5 hours ago