De-Stress the Test: Brain-Friendly Strategies to Prepare Students for High-Stakes Assessments (Your Guide for Helping Students Fight Testing Anxiety)

De-Stress the Test: Brain-Friendly Strategies to Prepare Students for High-Stakes Assessments (Your Guide for Helping Students Fight Testing Anxiety) by Martha Kaufeldt. Paperback edition. ISBN: 9781949539554.

The test. Students dread this phrase, whether it refers to chapter tests, finals, standardized achievement tests, Advanced Placement exams, the ACT and SAT, or other testing experiences. In De-Stress the Test, author Martha Kaufeldt details actionable steps you can take throughout the school year to alleviate student anxiety and create brain-friendly classrooms full of focus and learning. Leverage brain-based learning to boost student self-efficacy and relieve the pressure and stress that accompany high-stakes testing: Understand the negative effects tests can have on students, teachers, and parents. Help students develop social-emotional learning skills and a growth mindset. Use formative assessments to accelerate learning and build students confidence. Implement mindfulness strategies in the classroom to mitigate student stress and anxiety. Learn long- and short-term practical methods for ensuring students mental, emotional, and physical readiness for tests. Contents: Introduction Part 1: High-Stakes Tests and Stress Chapter 1: The Meaning of High-Stakes Tests Chapter 2: The Stress of High-Stakes Testing Part 2: Stress Prevention and Management Strategies Chapter 3: Body- and Brain-Friendly Classrooms and Testing Environments Chapter 4: The Development of Student Agency Through Self-Efficacy, Growth Mindset, and Perseverance Chapter 5: Mindfulness Practices for the Classroom Part 3: Ways to Prepare Students for High-Stakes Tests Chapter 6: Feedback and Formative Assessments Chapter 7: Academic Vocabulary Instruction Chapter 8: Test Prep for Students and Teachers Epilogue References and Resources Index