First published in 1977. Each of the authors independently initiated research to find ways of reducing the undesirable effects of anxiety 1 on intellectual performance. The aim of this book is to summarize the research and ideas that have emerged from these programs. It is both a progress report on the approaches we have developed for reducing anxiety or its undesirable effects, and a means of sharing our insights concerning better ways of accomplishing these goals in the future.

Joan E. Sieber California State University, Hayward. Harold F. O'Neil, Jr. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, Sigmund Tobias City University of New York

Part 1 Introduction; Chapter 1 Overview and Critique, Wilbert J. McKeachie; Chapter 2 Development of the Concept of Anxiety; Chapter 3 How Shall Anxiety Be Defined?; Chapter 4 A Paradigm for Research on Treatments Designed to Modify Anxiety or its Effects; Part 2 ANXIETY-TREATMENT INTERACTIONS; Chapter 5 Anxiety and Instructional Methods: An Introduction; Chapter 6 Anxiety-Treatment Interactions: A Review of Research; Part 3 ANXIETY AND COMPUTER-BASED INSTRUCTION; Chapter 7 Computer-Based Research on Anxiety and Learning: An Overview and Critique, Charles D. Spielberger; Chapter 8 Anxiety and Learning in Computer-Based Learning Environments: An Overview; Chapter 9 Reduction of State Anxiety Via Instructional Design in Computer-Based Learning Environments; Chapter 10 Development and Evaluation of an Automated Test-Anxiety-Reduction Program for a Computer-Based Learning Environment; Chapter 11 State Anxiety and Performance in Computer-Based Learning Environments; Part 4 A MODEL FOR EXAMINING INTERACTION EFFECTS OF ANXIETY AND INSTRUCTIONAL PROCEDURES ON PERFORMANCE; Chapter 12 A Model for Research on the Effect of Anxiety on Instruction; References; Author Index; Subject Index;