A group of adult learners enrolled in a teacher training program were not able to attain the state mandated scores on the Scholastic Aptitude Test (minimum scores on the math and language sections of the test were required for certification). Coaching and relaxation skills were introduced to alleviate test anxiety, increase the cognitive thinking processes, and provide support needed to achieve success in the testing environment. Coaching and relaxation skills proved to be effective in helping individuals achieve their goals. Five application strategies are suggested to assist adult learners overcome test anxiety and to confidently approach the SAT, as well as other tests which adults may encounter.
40 preschool children performed a sentence imitation task under four conditions (10 subjects in each condition): immediate imitation of auditorily presented stimuli, delayed imitation of auditorily presented stimuli, immediate imitation of auditorily and pictorially presented stimuli, and delayed imitation of auditorily and pictorially presented stimuli. The subjects in the immediate imitation conditions produced fewer total errors and more verbatim responses than the subjects in the delay interval conditions. These findings are discussed in relation to prior findings.
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