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ERIC Number: EJ255868
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1981-Dec
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Test Anxiety: Deficits in Information Processing.
Benjamin, Moshe; And Others
Journal of Educational Psychology, v73 n6 p816-24 Dec 1981
Development of an information processing model provided concepts for analyzing test anxiety. Results implied that worry reported by high test-anxious students is due to inadequate knowledge of subject matter rather than a personality characteristic. Programs emphasizing learning strategies and coping techniques are urged. (CE)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Style, Higher Education, Learning Processes, Models, Test Anxiety, Test Format, Testing Problems
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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