Resumo

BAUSELA HERRERAS, Esperanza  . Anxiety before tests: evaluation and psicopedagogic intervention. La Revista Venezolana de Educación (Educere) [online]. 2005, vol.9, n.31, pp.553-557. ISSN 1316-4910.

Students often describe tests as unpleasant. The effect they have over students is not uniform, but it depends on multiple variables, amongst them we find: (i) The subject’s anxiety feature; (ii) The importance of the test; and (iii) Factors related to the environment. Anxiety effects can be physiologically, psychologically and emotionally focused. Cognitive-behavioural evaluation methods available to estimate the anxiety experienced by students when they have to face a quiz or a test (auto records, questionnaires…) are diverse. We developed, in accordance with this cognitive-behavioural model, a possible instructional program. We conclude with a series of bibliographical references related to the subject area.

Palavras-chave : anxiety; cognitive; behavioural; physiological; emotional; auto record; psicopedagogic intervention; relaxation; self instructions.