Although I researched strategies for reducing student anxiety in the elementary classroom in my class on Teacher as a Researcher. I realized that people have different stressors. Many students said that school and tests were extremely stressful. Students are assessed many times during a school year, benchmark assessments are on grade level for all students. Not all students have received the same background knowledge or experience that it would require to understand readings or vocabulary words that are in questions. Teaching strategies on reducing stress can help relieve students when they encounter any difficult situation. Not understanding a persons culture, traditions or dialect can be stressful. Incorporating global awareness into the classroom culture can help reduce stress and prepare students with strategies on how to overcome stressful situations.
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