FROM ANXIOUS TO EMPOWERED

HOW TO IDENTIFY AND SUPPORT ANXIOUS STUDENTS IN THE CLASSROOM

Aly Haigh, Heaven Masuno, Maddi Hobbs

What do I look for?

Students who are especially quiet or extroverted
students who "shut down"
Girls tend to be anxious about tests Who Are
Boys tend to be anxious about speaking Anxious Students?
The anxiety severity varies by age

How can a positive environment

empower anxious students?
Be time-sensitive with instruction, utilize informal The Importance of
assessments
Use calming strategies (brain breaks, breathing
Classroom
exercises, yoga, etc.) Culture
Celebrate error in the classroom, "be a WARM
demander," use positive discourse
Use partners/small groups to lower the affective
filter for anxious students
Establishing 
a Growth
Can Growth Mindset strategies Mindset
relieve anxiety?
Establish the importance of a growth mindset
The Teacher

during the first week of school

Emphasize mistake as "helping us grow"
Use literature, videos, and a bulletin board to
reinforce growth mindset

The teacher's approach is the most

important aspect of supporting and
empowering anxious students
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