Courtesy of WVU Parkersberg:
THE TWELVE MYTHS OF TEST ANXIETY:
· Students are born with test anxiety.
· Test anxiety is a mental illness.
· Test anxiety cannot be reduced.
· Any level of test anxiety is bad.
· All students who are not prepared have test anxiety.
· Students with test anxiety cannot learn math.
· Students who are well prepared will not have test anxiety.
· Very intelligent students and students taking high-level courses, such as calculus, do not have test anxiety.
· Attending class and doing my homework should reduce all my test anxiety.
· Being told to relax during a test will make you relaxed.
· Doing nothing about test anxiety will make it go away.
· Reducing test anxiety will guarantee better grades.