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November 9, 2010
Taming exam anxiety
December is the season to be jolly as we approach Christmas, but not if you suffer from exam anxiety. The month also ushers in the season of exams at most universities and colleges. Carolyn Mamchur, an SFU education professor, has written extensively about the value of customizing performance measures to help mitigate academic challenges, such as clinically diagnosed exam anxiety. Mamchur says taking this more student-centred approach to evaluating course knowledge would help stem the rising tide of students — kindergarten to university — who are crumbling under the pressure of exam anxiety.
Carolyn Mamchur, 604.734.4072, 778.782.3661; mamchur@sfu.ca
CBC’s The Current interviews Mamchur on this: http://www.cbc.ca/thecurrent/
Learning in depth
Learning to be an expert in one thing can help a child build a positive experience of education, a genuine understanding of a particular topic, and keen appreciation of knowledge acquisition. That’s the premise of Learning in Depth, a new book by SFU education professor Kieran Egan. The book recommends that each K-12 child be given, during the first week of schooling, a particular topic to learn through his or her whole school career, in addition to the usual curriculum.
Kieran Egan, 778.782.4671; kieran_egan@sfu.ca
http://www.educ.sfu.ca/kegan/
December is the season to be jolly as we approach Christmas, but not if you suffer from exam anxiety. The month also ushers in the season of exams at most universities and colleges. Carolyn Mamchur, an SFU education professor, has written extensively about the value of customizing performance measures to help mitigate academic challenges, such as clinically diagnosed exam anxiety. Mamchur says taking this more student-centred approach to evaluating course knowledge would help stem the rising tide of students — kindergarten to university — who are crumbling under the pressure of exam anxiety.
Carolyn Mamchur, 604.734.4072, 778.782.3661; mamchur@sfu.ca
CBC’s The Current interviews Mamchur on this: http://www.cbc.ca/thecurrent/
Learning in depth
Learning to be an expert in one thing can help a child build a positive experience of education, a genuine understanding of a particular topic, and keen appreciation of knowledge acquisition. That’s the premise of Learning in Depth, a new book by SFU education professor Kieran Egan. The book recommends that each K-12 child be given, during the first week of schooling, a particular topic to learn through his or her whole school career, in addition to the usual curriculum.
Kieran Egan, 778.782.4671; kieran_egan@sfu.ca
http://www.educ.sfu.ca/kegan/