Teaching Strategies to Reduce Test Anxiety among MSW Students Preparing for Licensure

Autor/inn/en	Coohey, Carol; Landsman, Miriam J.; Cummings, Stephen P.
Titel	Teaching Strategies to Reduce Test Anxiety among MSW Students Preparing for Licensure
Quelle	In: Journal of Teaching in Social Work, 43 (2023) 2, S.226-238 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Coohey, Carol) ORCID (Landsman, Miriam J.) ORCID (Cummings, Stephen P.)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0884-1233
DOI	10.1080/08841233.2023.2170116
Schlagwörter	Test Preparation; Test Anxiety; Licensing Examinations (Professions); Social Work; Masters Programs; Graduate Students; Stress Management; Intervention; Test Wiseness; Relaxation Training; Iowa + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Examination phobia; Testangst; Prüfungsangst; Soziale Arbeit; Magister course; Magisterstudiengang; Graduate Study; Student; Students; Aufbaustudium; Graduiertenstudium; Hauptstudium; Studentin; Stressmanagement; Stressbewältigung; Entspannungstraining
Abstract	Many students report increasing test anxiety in the months before taking the national social work licensure exam. We evaluate whether adding a test-anxiety-reduction module to an online exam preparation course reduces MSW students' test anxiety. A non-equivalent pretest-posttest control-group design was used to compare 42 students who did not participate in the course (Group 1), 16 students who enrolled in the course and completed the test-taking strategies module only (Group 2), and 15 students who enrolled in the course and completed both the test-taking strategies module and the new test-anxiety-reduction module (Group 3) on test anxiety. The post-hoc comparison analysis showed Group 3 differed from Group 1: students who completed the test-taking and test-anxiety-reduction modules experienced a greater reduction in test anxiety than students who did not enroll in the course. The other comparison tests were not statistically significant (Group 1 v. Group 2; Group 2 v. Group 3). Preparing students for the licensure exam by teaching both modules -- test-taking and anxiety-reduction strategies -- appears to benefit MSW students, with modest costs -- in time and money -- for social work programs. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Routledge. Available from: Taylor & Francis, Ltd. 530 Walnut Street Suite 850, Philadelphia, PA 19106. Tel: 800-354-1420; Tel: 215-625-8900; Fax: 215-207-0050; Web site: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01