Exams, Study and Stress
Activity 1:
Watch the following video:
ReachOut “Coping strategies for exam stress”
Watch the following video:
ReachOut “Coping strategies for exam stress”
Go through a few of the suggestions and discuss how effective that strategy is at managing stress. Are there any downsides, e.g. when does it become procrastination and you end up wasting study time?
Activity 2:
Read the following statement:
A simple and practical way of managing exam stress is to develop a plan of action. By preparing well and organising your time and workloads you can help manage that “out-of-control” feeling that can add to feelings of stress and anxiety.
Students complete study planner worksheet - Students are going to create their own study timetable as well as a checklist for prior to each exam. This should include equipment required, date of your exam, do you need a calculator, etc. Write on your timetable and add a reminder in your phone for the day before of the exam.
Activity 2:
Read the following statement:
A simple and practical way of managing exam stress is to develop a plan of action. By preparing well and organising your time and workloads you can help manage that “out-of-control” feeling that can add to feelings of stress and anxiety.
Students complete study planner worksheet - Students are going to create their own study timetable as well as a checklist for prior to each exam. This should include equipment required, date of your exam, do you need a calculator, etc. Write on your timetable and add a reminder in your phone for the day before of the exam.
Activity 3:
“Heads Up” topic/study/revision game. This is a sample of a game that you could use when studying with friends to help you remember key terms and how to describe or define them. This sample contains terms from random subject areas.
Rules:
- Cut out pieces of paper.
- In pairs, one person hold cards but is not allowed to look at them.
- When the teacher says go the player holding the cards holds one in front of their head.
- Their partner must give clues to the word or term but is not allowed to say any of the words on the card.
- The pair that get through the most cards or gets through all of them first are the winners. Winners to receive bronze awards.
“Heads Up” topic/study/revision game. This is a sample of a game that you could use when studying with friends to help you remember key terms and how to describe or define them. This sample contains terms from random subject areas.
Rules:
- Cut out pieces of paper.
- In pairs, one person hold cards but is not allowed to look at them.
- When the teacher says go the player holding the cards holds one in front of their head.
- Their partner must give clues to the word or term but is not allowed to say any of the words on the card.
- The pair that get through the most cards or gets through all of them first are the winners. Winners to receive bronze awards.