Volume : IX, Issue : V, May - 2019

TEST ANXIETY AND ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE AMONG SENIOR SECONDARY STUDENTS

Sumaila Parveen, Prof. Asiya Aijaz, Syed Zafar Sultan Rizvi

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In today‘s worlds every one suffering from a different type of anxieties, worries and stress. Test anxiety is one of the most prevalent among students; it hinders the performance even if, students have superior intelligence. Low performance in an academic career is creating major problems in formulating future career choices. In this context, the study is conducted to find out the impact, correlation and difference among students. The data was collected through the self–report questionnaires of senior secondary students. Total Sample of the data is 100 (male =50, Female =50). After tabulation of t–test data, Pearson moment correlation, Linear regression, It shows there is a statistically significant difference between male and female on test anxiety. Females have higher scores than male on test anxiety. While there is a significant negative correlation on test anxiety and academic performance (academic scores) of students. Furthermore, 45% variance shows that the impact is very considerable.

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TEST ANXIETY AND ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE AMONG SENIOR SECONDARY STUDENTS, Sumaila Parveen, Prof. Asiya Aijaz, Syed Zafar Sultan Rizvi INDIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED RESEARCH : Volume-9 | Issue-5 | May-2019

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