Pupils who do not worry about their exams are likely to perform better than those who spend time stressing about them.
New research has identified that the difference between not worrying about tests and stressing too much could be as much as 1.5 GCSE grades.
The study involved 325 pupils from eight secondary schools in the North West of England and was carried out by academics at Edge Hill University and the University of South Australia.
Working with researchers from awarding body AQA, they interviewed the students in the run-up to their final GCSE exams last year. They found that worrying about exams was “significantly correlated” with relatively bad GCSE performance, even when prior ability was taken into account.
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