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Exam Stress?: No Worries!
Author(s): Su Dorland (Author)
- Publisher: Wiley–Blackwell
- Publication Date: 15 Jan. 2010
- Language: English
- Print length: 284 pages
- ISBN-10: 1742169589
- ISBN-13: 9781742169583
Book Description
Each year millions of high school and college students sit down to the make-or-break SAT or final exams. And while the content of a course may not be impossible to master, for many, the stress surrounding an exam often is. In Exam Stress? No Worries! trained psychologist Su Dorland gives frazzled students insights into the causes of exam anxiety, why some people get anxious about exams and why others dont, steps for coping with the two Ps (perfectionism and procrastination), and ways to finally free oneself from exam stress.
Includes a free CD with centering exercises, visualization techniques, and relaxation tracks
Offers advice for students mixing work or other commitments with study, as well as off-campus students, mature students, international students, or students from migrant worker families
An important guide not simply for test-takers but anyone facing a stressful situation?such as a job interview, a driving test, or a public speaking engagement?Exam Stress? No Worries! offers the key to making stress manageable.
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From the Back Cover
Have you ever felt nervous, anxious or even terrified about an exam?
Have these feelings ever surfaced in a job interview, board meeting or presentation?
Nearly everyone experiences some level of anxiety, but what people don’t know is how easy it can be to conquer.
Exam Stress? No Worries! will teach you how to deal with study-related and other pressures and features bandaid hints for an immediate fix, as well as sound trategies for long-term solutions.
Included in thei book are:
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excercises to help you discover the cause of your anxiety and techniques to overcome it
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special chapters for mature-age, off-campus, international and migrant students, as well as students combining study and work
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a bonus audio CD featuring visualisation and relaxation tracks to help you stay calm and focused, and sleep well at exam time.
Whatever type of pressure you are under, Exam Stress? No Worries! will help you move past the stress and get on the road to success.
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About the Author
Su Dorland is a psychologist and counsellor specialising in helping students with exam anxiety. Throughout her studies she has been a mature-age, off-campus and part-time student, and has discovered how to conquer her own anxieties.
