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Get Better Test
Scores This School Year
Are you ready to take your final
examinations? Do you feel confident you will pass your tests?
Here are five great tips that will
help you achieve higher test scores and reduce the stress associated
with taking your tests at the same time. As a hypnotherapist, I have
worked with thousands of students in, junior high school, high school,
and college. I find these tips help all students overcome anxiety caused
by test taking, and improve memory and recall. The results are better
examination scores.
1. Get a good night sleep before
the test. Do not stay up all night. Your brain works so much better
after a good night's sleep. You will carry a relaxed feeling into the
testing classroom or lecture hall.
2. Breathe deeply. When you find
yourself in the classroom, begin breathing deeply and deliberately.
Think to yourself, the test will be easy, and you feel confident in the
grade you will attain after taking the test.
When the teacher passes out your
test and it is in your hand, take three slow deep breathes. Each time
you inhale; feel energy entering your body. Feel the energy stimulate
your brain. Each time you exhale, picture, and feel all of the tension
leaving your lungs.
3. Skip the difficult questions.
As you begin taking the test, answer all the questions, you are
confident in, first. Each time you pass over a hard question, take slow
deep breaths again, allowing your body to relax and your brain to focus
on the easy questions.
You will find you will soon have
an urge to go back to the difficult question, answering it. Go ahead and
do so at this time.
4. Remember, you are smarter than
you think. In spite of what your parents said or what your teachers
think, you are much smarter than you think. As you relax your body and
focus your brain, you will begin to feel more in control of your test
results. Everything you have ever read, heard, touched, tasted or
smelled is always stored in your brain. As you relax, you will find it
easier to remember information.
5. Never, cheat on a test. By
cheating on a test, not only do you stand a chance of expulsion from
school, but also you are sending a message to your brain that you are
not smart enough to take a test on your own. What happens next is you
lose self-confidence, for not only the test you are taking currently,
but also all tests and all subjects. The loss in self-confidence is much
more damaging and will follow you around longer than expulsion from
school.
The lack of self-confidence will
find affect personal relationships, jobs, and earning power over a
lifetime. Relax and trust yourself to remember the information you need
without cheating on tests.
Summary
Remember to relax when taking
tests. Relaxation triggers the brain to remember information easier and
recall it when taking tests. Practice the five steps and watch your test
scores rise.
Wayne F. Perkins
Wayne F. Perkins is an educational
hypnotherapist and author of "Hypnosis for Better Test Scores," Audio CD
program. Wayne consults with educators and students on how to improve
test scores. Hypnotism Education Website
http://www.wayneperkins.net/
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