Could hugging a soft, mechanized pillow that simulates slow breathing help test-stressed students ward off anxiety and stress? British researchers are betting on it. The pillow in question looks like ...

Lie down or sit in a comfortable position. Close your eyes and take a few deep breaths. Slowly direct your attention to each ...

It is not unusual for students of all ages to feel nervous before an exam, test, or quiz. However, when that fear becomes overwhelming and affects a person’s test performance, they may have test ...

Test anxiety impacts millions of people and can be especially enhanced for college freshmen facing midterm and final exams. Midterms and first semester finals are their first real exposure to what ...

Washington, DC -- Schools are taking exam anxiety more seriously now that standardized tests have become crucial to determining their performance under the federal No Child Left Behind law. Research ...

In education circles, it’s popular to rail against testing, especially timed exams. Tests are stressful and not the best way to measure knowledge, wrote Adam Grant, an organizational psychologist at ...

Maureen Lamb, a teacher at Kingswood Oxford School in Connecticut, can see the telltale signs of test anxiety the moment her students enter the classroom. “They're flustered,” she said. “And there's a ...

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