Exam fear is a very common phenomenon among many a students, and it has a disastrous effect, no doubt. But, have the authorities ever tried to think about the causes of the fear, to remove the fear & make exam an enjoyable task rather than a scaring one, to focus upon the students in order to make them capable to overcome their fear especially on weak students to make them stronger?
The exam fear is a psychological phenomenon. If teachers have to appear in exam same thing will happens.
Dear Maytham Qabel Hamzah, Exam is not only knowing the study subject matter but also the level of analysis beyond the scope sometimes. Moreover, students are going to evaluated for their fate and some subjects are difficult. These and other factors will add up and create some sort of tension/stress that contribute for the said fear of examination.
The exam as a method of evaluating the students understanding & absorption of what is taught needs to be downgraded and alternate evaluation processes like assignments, quizzes, projects etc need to be introduced. Exams need to be less of test of memory and more of application of analytical abilities. Only then this examination fever will subside.
The student may be concerned about the exam, which is an emotional psychological state. It is accompanied by unusual psychological and physical reactions due to your expectation of failure in the exam or poor performance, fear of failure and reaction of the parents, weakening of your confidence or your desire to excel. Of anxiety .. So there is no need to fear him at all, but you must prepare in the study and make it a driving force for achievement and effort and activity, to meet your need for success and excellence and self-verification and achieve ambitions.
One other reason is the person setting the question paper, instead of testing the knowledge level of the students, trying to show-off his wisdom by deliberately asking questions from some obscure corner or questions with a twist.
What is the main reason for student afraid of going to the exam?
Only way not to be afraid of going for exam is earlier, proper & adequate preparation.
Most of this feelings is due to:
1. The fear of fail
2. He is not sure if he had memorized the exam material well
3. Some times he intentionally missed few chapters or subjects and he is thinking that the questions will be about them.
That is only my point of view ........ thanks
Exam fear, mainly lack of adequate preparation for the exam on the part of the students.
maybe this links has good answer for you:
https://personalexcellence.co/blog/overcome-fear-of-failure-student/
http://www.thehindu.com/features/education/school/Overcoming-fear-of-examinations/article16212107.ece
Exams focus normal student anxiety, exposure and fear if failure demonstrating the importance of several methods of assessment.
To add. Exams assess one kind of result and one type of student, and realistically do not assess potential. Do they select genuine PhD students for example with the capacity to do in-depth work? Possessing a good memory is not necessarily an advantage in research.
because their knowledge is superficial and depends on their memory and that makes the fear of not remembering the memorized, what you have to teach them is to deepen, understand and thus not depend on their memory
Not all students have this feeling, only diligent students who fear that their ratings will drop.
The reason for their fear is their high interest in the exam and its outcome, which is represents a great importance to them, unlike their peers who are not interested in it.
Dear Dr. Maytham,
Thanks for sharing this interesting question. All students afraid of exam? I think its anxiety on the part of diligent students and fear of failing on the part of truant and unprepared students. Best regards
Dickson
Dear, I was happy when I read those high-end answers
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Maytham
Dear Dr. Geddada Mohan Narasimha Rao
thanks for this answer
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Maytham
the most stressful factor is poor preparation for the exam. But in my didactic work I sometimes had to deal with a student who was perfectly prepared, and yet stress overpowered him and he was unable to answer the question despite encouragement from my side.
Dear Joanna, I agree with you. This personal psychological characteristics of a person are governed by fear. This can happen to anyone. Not only with the student
According to me, Inadequate preparation, lack of confidence and fear of failure, could be the reasons.
Thanks
I feel fear of passing is the main cause for the low scorers.
Nextly fear of not getting highest marks in exams is the cause for outstanding students.
Dear Dr. Thejaswini K.O
that was good answer, thanks
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Maytham
Dear Dr. Thejaswini K.O
that was good answer, thanks
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Maytham
In my opinion it's either the students are afraid of failing or the under preparation for writing the exams..
Dear Dr. Dileep Kumar R , I appreciate your answer
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Maytham
A body afraid all exam in life not only students. the main cause is our character and he behavior of our hormones with respect to exams.
Joanna, I too have seen good students fail because of stress. And alternatively, modest students pass because of lack of anxiety.
Unpreparedness, psychological fear of failure, and lack of clarity in basic concepts are the main reasons.
Dear Dr. Mahesh Kumar , I appreciate your answer
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Maytham
One of the main sources of fear is that students may not be well prepared for the exam and this may result in poor performance or failure.
Fear of failure most likely.
The first reason for failure dealt with a student’s skills. These next three reasons deal with motivation, the first of which is fear.
Fear in students manifests in two primary ways. First, some students are afraid of failure. For these students, putting forward all your effort into your school work can only result in one of two things. Either you do fine, leave with a grade that affirms your intelligence and says to the world, “I am as smart as I thought I was,” or … you don’t. The other option is you make a grade that isn’t as high as you thought you should earn. The result is being able to say, “Yes, World, I do have rocks for brains. I am really that dumb.” Many students, whether they’ll admit it or not, simply don’t want to face the cold, hard reality that they may not be as smart as they hoped they’d be.
Truthfully, everyone fails at something sometime. It doesn’t mean you have rocks for brains. It means you are a human being. Embrace failure, learn from it, and keep on truckin’.
Second, some students are afraid of success. Believe it or not, this is a significant issue. For these students succeeding puts them in the spotlight, and they’d rather stay in the shadows. Many would rather underachieve, not expending too much energy on anything, so that they can just skirt by without drawing too much attention to themselves. Perhaps academic success would mean they are one of the “smart kids,” which is often interpreted as “dorks.” Achieving success and recognition is scarier than forever being considered merely mediocre.
It is the type of question that some students are afraid of. They call them tricky questions.
A feeling of inadequacy, as a result of fear of failure produces in humans a form of fear to approach any situation that will subject them to any form of test or examination. it is a form of fear of the unknown.
Even when one is well prepared there will be a kind of fear and nervousness
It is natural human tendency to feel afraid when one is going to face the unknown.
Exam tests ones capacity
We need to prove
Fear of failure brings the fear factor
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