Help your child overcome test anxiety & achieve higher test scores:
Help your child prepare physically and mentally for all tests; adopt effective study habits and test-taking skills; overcome test anxiety and generate a "Can-do" attitude that turns every test into a showcase opportunity to show what he or she really knows
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| Summary: | Help your child prepare physically and mentally for all tests; adopt effective study habits and test-taking skills; overcome test anxiety and generate a "Can-do" attitude that turns every test into a showcase opportunity to show what he or she really knows |
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| adam_text | Contents_____________________________
About the Author
........................................................
vii
Acknowledgements
.....................................................ix
Dedication
.......................................................................
x
Note to Readers
............................................................xi
Disclaimer
....................................................................xii
Introduction and Overview
.....................................xiv
A Word about SAT Prep
........................................................xix
Chapter
1.
No Child Left Behind
-
What are the
basics of the law?
...........................................................1
How does this influence your child s test scores?
....................2
What is the No Child Left Behind Act?
....................................3
What does NCLB require of the states?
...................................4
What s really different about NCLB?
.......................................5
Is there an NCLB National Test?
..............................................5
Chapter
2.
High Stakes Tests
-
What are they and
why are they so important?
.........................................7
Chapter
3.
What is Test Anxiety and how can you
tell if your child is suffering from it?
......................10
What Are Some Common Symptoms of Test Anxiety?
.........11
Math Anxiety
..........................................................................13
Downgrading the Importance of the Test
...............................13
Chapter
4.
What does test anxiety do to my child
and to my child s test scores
.....................................16
Chapter
5.
What causes Test Anxiety?
....................18
Test Anxiety can be caused by the child s own behavior
.......18
Poor study habits can cause test anxiety
.................................18
Pressure from peers (real or imagined) can create test anxiety.
................................................................................................19
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Pressure from school officials (stated or implied) can create
test anxiety
..............................................................................19
Worrying about past performance on exams
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good or bad
-
causes test anxiety
...................................................................20
Worrying about the negative fallout (real or imagined) of a low
test score will create test anxiety
............................................21
Parental pressure can create test anxiety
................................21
Chapter
6.
What do you need to do to prepare
yourself and your family to help your child?
........23
Get the facts!
...........................................................................24
Show interest
..........................................................................24
Make the test visible at home
.................................................26
Understand (and accept) your child s uniqueness
..................28
Be honest
................................................................................29
Believe that your advice will be trusted and your help
appreciated
..............................................................................29
Chapter
7.
How can you help your child adopt a
healthy attitude towards testing?
............................31
Lead your child to acknowledge that preparation is the best
antidote to test anxiety
............................................................31
Let your child know that testing is a serious adult activity, not
just a school thing
................................................................32
Help your child overcome irrational fears about the test
........33
Show that you recognize the difficulty your child faces with
this test
....................................................................................34
Confirm the importance of this test
........................................35
Define reality for your child
...................................................36
Let your child know that a solid test performance is important
to you because it s important for him or for her
.....................37
Remind your child that testing is about knowing, not just
ranking!
...................................................................................37
Help your child put testing in its proper place
........................37
Strengthen your child s self-confidence
&
self-esteem
..........38
Motivate for success (but allow for shortcomings)
................39
Encourage positive self-talk
................................................40
After the test, de-brief with your child
...................................41
Copyright
2004 ©
by Rich Methia, All Rights Reserved
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Reward or not?
........................................................................42
Chapter
8.
How can you help your child put into
practice strong study skills?
.....................................45
Encourage your child to adopt a study style that matches his or
her learning style
.....................................................................46
How does Gardner s research in multiple intelligences relate
to your child s study skills?
....................................................47
Help your child to manage study time
-
Chunk it
..............49
Don t sweat the small stuff
.....................................................50
Play cards
................................................................................50
Play teacher or producer
..................................................51
Chapter
9.
What can you do to help your child
develop smart test attack strategies?
..................53
Take a deep breath
..................................................................53
Read all directions carefully!
..................................................54
Decide on an answer strategy
.................................................54
Keep Time
..............................................................................56
Calculate your performance time split
................................56
Tips for Answering True/False Questions
..............................58
Tips for Answering Multiple-Choice Questions
.....................59
Tips for answering essay questions
........................................60
Chapter
10.
How can you prevent TEST
POLLUTANTS from lowering your child s test
scores?
............................................................................69
Test POLLUTANT
# 1 -
The test environment
.....................70
Find out what the test environment will be like beforehand.
. 72
Be on the lookout for the presence of serious distractions
.....73
Speak up!
................................................................................74
Help your child prepare for less-than-ideal test conditions.
... 75
Put it in writing!
......................................................................76
Test POLLUTANT
# 2 -
Your youngster s physical condition
................................................................................................77
Test POLLUTANT
# 3 -
Negative attitudes of students and
teachers
...................................................................................84
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by Rich Methia, All Rights Reserved
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Test POLLUTANT
#4 -
Your child s test taking skills
-
(or
lack of them!)
..........................................................................88
Test POLLUTANT
#5 -
The quality of the school s
educational program
...............................................................90
Chapter
11.
What does every parent need to know
about student testing?
................................................93
Test scores are NOT accurate!
................................................94
What s this all got to do with your child s test scores?
..........96
How does the Standard Error of Measurement work?
............97
How do you use this information?
........................................102
How do you deal with school officials?
...............................103
Chapter
12.
How do you talk productively with
teachers or principals about test scores?
............106
Question
# 1 -
How well did my child do?
.......................... 106
Question
# 2 -
Do my child s scores represent progress?....
107
Question
# 3 -
If my child s scores don t represent progress,
why did the results turn out the way they did?
.....................108
Question
# 4 -
What are we going to do about it?
................112
Final Thoughts
...........................................................115
Copyright
2004 ©
by Rich Methia, All Rights Reserved
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