Freezing on Exams
Students have had this concern as long as tests have been given. When students freeze grades are low. However low grades do not reflect a student’s true potential. The first step in beating something is to understand it. We asked students why it was so difficult to overcome freezing on exams. Their answers surprised us.
We found that many students who had been exposed to study skills programs were not using these skills because they did not know how to apply them to their own lives. Often when students learn a skill, such as study skills, it is simply memorized – not understood.