LibGuides: Study Skills: Test-Taking

How to Study for a Test

The DETER Strategy
The DETER strategy can help you do your best on any test. Each letter in DETER reminds you what to do.
Test Taking Strategies
Strategies to use before taking a test, during the test, and after you have completed a test.

About Test Anxiety
Learn more about test anxiety and how to minimize it.
How to Reduce Text Anxiety
To reduce test anxiety, you need to understand both the relaxation response and how negative self-talk undermines your abilities.
Quiz: Do I Have Testing Anxiety?
Take this 5-minute assessment to determine whether you have test anxiety and what you can do about it.
20 Things to Do to Reduce Testing Anxiety
Here are 20 tips to help reduce your test anxiety.
Testing Tips for Testing Anxiety
Learn about the three main areas students can work on to reduce test anxiety when it
begins to interfere with test performance.

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