The (Uni)verse
A podcast for university students made by students, The (Uni)verse explores and discusses the good, the bad and the ugly of university life for students everywhere. University is a unique time in one’s life, and we all go through it both laughing and crying! Why not laugh and cry about it all together!
Universities, more than ever, need to develop partnerships with their students to create learning environments that better serve increasingly diverse needs and career goals, but students are often the silent partners. Let this be our voice (and the tag along prof's).
Your co-hosts are Janet Smyth, Laura Wang, Joela and Elaine Beaulieu, from the University of Ottawa, Canada.
The (Uni)verse
Test anxiety
Final exam season is officially on! Exams always bring a certain amount of stress. For the most part, stress is great and useful. It keeps you alert and focus and can be turned into excitement rather than anxiety. But for many students, too much stress can lead to test anxiety, with varying consequences on exam performance and distress.
In the last episode of this series, we talk about how to recognize test anxiety, how to develop strategies to prevent it, to mitigate its effect during an exam, and importantly, what to do if things go horribly wrong.
References used for this episode:
https://learningcenter.unc.edu/tips-and-tools/tackling-test-anxiety/
https://sass.queensu.ca/resources/online/test-anxiety
https://opentextbc.ca/studentsuccess/chapter/test-anxiety/
https://www.anxietycanada.com/articles/thinking-traps/
To contact the co-host for comments or suggestions, write to us at Podcasttheuniverse@gmail.com.
