What Is Test Anxiety? Every student experiences some anxiety preparing for and taking exams. It is a normal response to any performance-related activity. If anxiety is hindering your performance on exams, there are steps you can take to help alleviate your difficulties. Stress is normal, but it can also become limiting. Stressful situations such as…
Category: Health and Wellness
Mindfulness
Reflection Rooms on Campus Here is a link to find reflection rooms available to students, staff, and faculty on campus: https://trotter.umich.edu/article/reflection-rooms-campus About Mindfulness@Umich Take a moment to pause and “catch your breath” amid your busy and hectic schedule. Who can attend? Mindfulness@Umich is a program that is available to all University of Michigan students, faculty,…
Health and Wellness
Understand and Manage Stress and Anxiety What is stress and anxiety and what can I do about it?(from UM’s UHS) What are some strategies for dealing with stress and anxiety? (from MHealthy) For information on test anxiety, click here Get Your Sleep Snooze or Lose (from UM’s UHS) Eat For Your Well-Being What is healthy eating? (from UM’s UHS)…
How Can I Get Motivated?
Using Your Expectations For Yourself To Become Motivated Students often fall prey to disparaging their own abilities when faced with a difficult task, which can lead to a lack of motivation. The key to maintaining motivation in the face of difficult tasks is to learn how you can form positive expectations of your capabilities. There…
Navigating Difficulties
What to do if you fail your first exam. If you do poorly on your first exam, you are not alone. Here are some strategies and resources to help you learn from this experience and improve for the next exam. Meet with your instructors or GSIs to assess what caused you to earn a bad…