Abstract:

When considering conditions in Turkey, as from the students start the primary school, they take exams such as Public Free Boarding (DPY) (Scholarship Exam), Placement Test (SBS), Higher Education Entrance Exam (YGS) and Undergraduate Placement Exam (LYS). Each individual planning a good future has to enter all of these exams in due course. However; these exams are made only once a year. Besides, the students take specific number of exam from every lesson within each education period. The number of written essay type exams implemented by teachers within the period is about 70 (seventy). These exams which are compulsorily made to qualify success levels of the students cause little or much concern on the students. In addition to this, the individuals prepared for taking such exams have some social responsibilities, their families have expectations from them, they are worried about their own future, they are anxious about staying behind of their friends and there are some pressure and concerns on them about the subjects which are mentioned above. The students study and take their exams under these conditions which are distressful for them. All students have these concerns, the students spending most of their time by studying and the students who do not have any expectation have such concerns although their academic success is low or high. If the student has anxiety, how this anxiety is managed in a way not to harm academic success of the students by being efficiently controlled by pedagogues and parents? In this study, the exam stress occurring in the students are tried to be measured by using Exam Stress Scale method developed by Baltaş (2007) and the results are evaluated. T-test was carried out in SPSS v. 18, Cronbach-alpha value of stress scale was .861. Also, some suggestions are given at the light of the datas and results.

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