Third-grade control students receiving no relaxation training showed no significant decrease in test anxiety¶

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Subclaims¶

q2 i? The control group's pre-test and post-test Westside Test Anxiety Scale means did not differ significantly. → Larson et al. 2010

Evidence¶

Larson et al. 2010¶

Heidi A. Larson, Mera K. El Ramahi, Steven R. Conn, Lincoln A. Estes, and Amanda B. Ghibellini. (2010). Reducing Test Anxiety Among Third Grade Students Through the Implementation of Relaxation Techniques. Eastern Illinois University. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ885222

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In the same two-school quasi-experiment, the control group (N = 53) received no relaxation training and completed the modified Westside Test Anxiety Scale at pre- and post-test. The article reports "no significant difference" between the control group's pre- and post-test means, t(52) = 0.39, p = .699; equivalence was not tested.

"By contrast, no significant difference was found between the control group’s pre- and post-test means (t(52) = 0.39, p = .699)."

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

• Academic Anxiety — outcome: instruction changes it
• Affect Regulation — outcome: instruction changes it

Related Claims¶

• Relaxation training produced a significant pre-to-post reduction in test anxiety among third-grade students in the experimental group — related
• Post-test test-anxiety scores did not differ significantly between the relaxation-trained subgroups and the control group — related
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