Test Taking Skills

Vocabulary
Anxiety Feeling- very nervous and uncomfortable
Discipline- control over your behavior
Freeze up- be unable to move or think clearly because of fear
Material- the content information in a book or test
Second guess yourself- have doubts about a decision that felt right the first time

Test taking is a skill you can learn. Do you freeze up when a teacher says it’s time for a test? Do you get so nervous that you make stupid mistakes? Unlearning test anxiety takes mental discipline. Study the following steps and your test scores will go up in all subjects