Test Prep Books/Effective Study Skills for Test Taking Anxiety

Guidance for tests...and life

If you are a school administrator or an educational policy maker this book will give you insight into what makes for good teaching and learning and what contributes to good test performance. Test prep books focus solely on content. This one focuses on the test-taker and what he or she needs to receive higher scores and succeed.

If you are a counselor, advisor or psychotherapist this book will help you appreciate the difficulties of under-performing students. It also provides a plan of action in working with them by giving a guide to effective study skills and tools for reducing test-taking anxiety.

Some comments from administrators and counselors:

“As a director of a youth development center, I often ask myself and staff how can we inspire under-performers to want to succeed. This book really helped my staff work through clear steps to empower our students to set goals and attain them. The Workbook for Test Success is a wonderful guide for everyone, regardless of whether you are taking or administering tests or simply encouraging yourself or others to do well.  If you’re looking for simple tools and exercises to do well in life, Dr. B’s book offers important, easy strategies to do it. Test Success! offers so much more than test-taking tips. In every chapter, there are strategies for everyone to live life better. The lessons learned from this book will last my staff and kids a lifetime.  Dr. Bernstein has provided a simple yet effective method to improve everyone’s performance when tested by those life challenges that make us most anxious. It’s  a wonderfully insightful book and one that I will refer back to until it’s messages are ingrained in me.

Anthony M. Brown, M.S., Executive Director,
Heart of Los Angeles Youth Center

“I have utilized Ben Bernstein’s test-prep techniques in my summer programs for first-generation and low-income students, and they have been very effective. Many students later reported  how useful the techniques were not only for preparing for exams, but for personal use as well. Dr. Bernstein has a well-proven method that is very effective and comfortable for students to adopt. He also challenges students to reach deep inside to address the fears they possess to overcome the lack of proper test-taking skills. Any student should be able to utilize this workbook to excel on standardized exams. “

Charles J. Alexander, Ph.D, Associate Vice Provost for Student Diversity, UCLA