Advice Regarding Exam Preparation and Anxiety Management
The resources listed below have been prepared by professional counselors and educators
and comprise a rich and proven collection of advice for managing test anxiety and
improving study skills in general. You should also consider consulting Bucknell’s
Counseling & Student Development Center (570-577-1604).
The following advice is from the Bucknell Teaching and Learning Center:
Anxiety can be managed in many ways, but two important strategies are
calming and controlling.
BEFORE an anxiety event:
- Plan ahead to give yourself enough time to feel prepared (control)
- Have a plan with specific goals/tasks you can check off (control)
- Take mental and physical breaks as you work ahead of time (calm)
- Write about your anxieties ahead of time to help let them go (control)
- Walk or be outside in nature briefly before the event (calm)
DURING a test or other anxiety event:
- Survey/preview the entire thing to know what is coming (control)
- Try looking up and to the left to trigger memory if blanking (control)
- Mentally make a strategic plan to maximize time/points/effort (control)
- Take deep breaths with closed eyes between problems or sections (calm)
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