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Emotional self-regulation and test anxiety

We wrote yesterday about Growing Super Athletes (each of our students) and how “Learning” goes beyond what we typically call “Education”. One of the skills needed for success at school and life is emotional self-regulation, and a recent article on SharpBrains in La Opinion (main US-based Spanish-language newspaper) touched precisely on that.

Below you have the link, and quotes, in Spanish. The gist of the article is similar to this previous article in Technology & Learning magazine: Take a Deep Breath: Biofeedback software is helping students calm down for better test performance.

La Opinion article, by Lucero Amador: Secreto para triunfar en los exámenes

  • “Cuando una persona está muy enojada o tensa, el lóbulo frontal del cerebro resulta afectado por tantos transmisores que están activos en ese momento, y esto provoca que haya un bloqueo en la parte cerebral que se encarga de pensar, planear o tomar decisiones.”
  • “Si un estudiante está estresado antes del examen, su mente no retendrá lo aprendido y en el examen no podrá recordar lo que supuestamente repasó con tanto tiempo.”
  • “Con el programa Freeze-Framer los jóvenes aprenderán la técnica y podrán aplicarla con la frecuencia en que lo requieran. Es un programa que debe usarse en la computadora, contiene un sensor que deberá llevar en el dedo o en alguna de las orejas. Eso le ayudará a medir su nivel de estrés, el cual podrá ver de inmediato en la pantalla de la computadora.”
  • “Eso es una simulación de lo que pasa en la vida real. No podemos evitar las situaciones estresantes, sino que tenemos que equiparnos para saber cómo lidiar con ellas”, explica Fernández.

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