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However, some Dixie State University students and faculty say that by being betg ter prepared, anxiety can become more manageable. According to a study by PsychCentral called "Do Timed Tests Really Measure Math Ability?" timed tests are a way professors keep test taking fair and equal among students. Timed exams assess students' knowledge by forcing them to act quickly test-takin- BEM Send letters to the editor to DixieSundixie.edu. Letters to the editor are accepted and may be published in the newspaper andor dixiesunnews.com. The guidelines for letters are as follows: Submissions should be no longer than 250 words and must be Writers must include name, phone number and email address. Students should also include year in school, hometown and n. major. Letters are subject to editing for length, style and grammar. ted to dixiesundixie.edu.in the body of the email, not an attachment. Letters become property of Dixie Sun News and may be published in any format. Dixie Sun News encourages a lively discussion on its website among its readers. Dixie Sun News does not edit comments. However, an editor will not post any comments that are libelous real-wor- '11 performance. Some professors g Ju ar. g( ld on their feet and prove if they were prepared or not, according to the study. Jazmin Bybee, a sophomore elementary education major from Layton, said timed tests make it easier for teachers to test a group of students rather than individuals, avoiding the probability of an outlier. However, students are still negatively affected by the thought of finishing in time while taking a test, Bybee said. "Timed tests give students, anxiety, and they do worse on that test instead of taking their time and thinking the answers through," Bybee said. On the other side of the spectrum, Brooke Marchetti, a freshman dance and biology major from Moreno Valley, Califor nia, said when she grows up, reality won't let her take her time because it's too demanding. "In the world that we live in, things need to be done in a time slot," Marchetti said. "Sometimes we don't always get all the time we need." Timed tests assess a person's intelligence by seeing how fast he or she can solve a problem or come up with an answer, according to Psych Central. However, some students at DSU claim the feeling of being rushed and being full of anxiety distracts them. Certain subjects, like math and biology, are harder for some students to take tests on, said Tyson Nielsen, a junior biology major from Salt Lake City. The questions require more time, and the student has to make sure he or she did all the equations and problems correctly, Nielsen said. "Students who don't have the skill of taking a test suffer more than the students who actually gain the skill of test taking," Nielsen said. "If you don't have that skill, your knowledge might not be brought out in your test, and for me personally, I have to work problems over and over until it becomes almost like muscle memory." Testing Center Director Tamron Lee said having a time limit on a test is not the main cause of why students stress out. "We see students stressed about testing regardless of whether el there is a time said. "I think there's: K inherent level of stre when taking an exam,. B my recommendation is C be prepared for the test That's the No. 1 thing students can do to not Pi ea be stressed." As students, we shoul:m not fear timed tests but use them as a way to pu, ourselves. If you need more ei tin af or would do better ma " separate environment, B t your professor. 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