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ERIC Number: EJ1385407
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2023
Pages: 13
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0884-1233
EISSN: EISSN-1540-7349
Teaching Strategies to Reduce Test Anxiety among MSW Students Preparing for Licensure
Coohey, Carol; Landsman, Miriam J.; Cummings, Stephen P.
Journal of Teaching in Social Work, v43 n2 p226-238 2023
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.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Iowa
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