Participation in the Student Success Skills program reduced the growth of test anxiety over the school year in 5th graders¶

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Evidence · 1 study · causal r2 · q3
Currency · newest study 2014 · checked against its sources 2026-11-02 (automated, 1 of 1 entry) · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q3 i? Students in SSS treatment schools showed a significantly lower slope of change in test anxiety than control schools (difference in slope -.003, t = -2.02, p < .05). → Webb 2014

Evidence¶

Webb 2014¶

Webb, L., Villares, E., Carey, J., Wells, C., & Sayer, A. (2014). Results of a Randomized Controlled Trial of Student Success Skills. SREE Fall 2014 Conference. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED562995

q3 · i? · causal · r2

Hierarchical linear modeling of student self-ratings at baseline, 6 weeks, and 30 weeks in a cluster-randomized trial (schools as the unit of randomization). The summary table reports a Test Anxiety slope difference of "-.003 .002 -2.02 <.05" favoring treatment schools.

"Test Anxiety Motivated Strategies for Learning Questionnaire -.003 .002 -2.02 <.05"

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

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

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