A Teaching Strategy to Reduce Test Anxiety

Department of Education. Faculty of Science and Arts. Northern Border University, Rafha, KSA.

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The current study aimed to identify the effect of using a proposed teaching strategy to reduce test anxiety among students of the College of Science and Arts in Rafha – University of Northern Border. The study sample consisted of (30) students from the College of Science and Arts. The author divided them into two equal groups; an experimental group consisting of (15 students), and a control group of (15 students).

Keywords: Instructional strategy , test , anxiety.

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ELGENDY A A H. A Teaching Strategy to Reduce Test Anxiety . Journal Of Organizational Behavior Research 2020;5(2):82-98

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