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Test Anxiety: Gender and Academic Achievements of University Students.
Author(s):
1. Nasir Ahmad: Center for Education and Staff Training, University of Swat, Pakistan
2. Sajjad Hussain: Center for Education and Staff Training, University of Swat, Pakistan
3. Farooq Nawaz Khan: Center for Education and Staff Training, University of Swat, Pakistan
Abstract:
Objectives: To investigate undergraduate students' test anxiety level; to measure the correlation between undergraduate students test anxiety with their academic achievement; and to measure the correlation of undergraduate students' test anxiety from the perspective of their gender. Results: Among the selected respondents, there were 89 (70.63%) male and 37 (29.37%) female students. Our results revealed that 39.7% of undergraduate university students were suffering from moderately high test anxiety. Male students had 44.9% while female students had 27% moderately high test anxiety. The correlation coefficient between CGPA and test anxiety of students was -.317 which shows inverse relationship. The average CGPA of male students was 2.8 while female students had a CGPA of 3.19. The mean test score of male undergraduate students was 3.25 ±0.60 and female under graduate students was 3.13 ±0.77, p value .366. Conclusion: Moderately high test anxiety was found in undergraduate university students which was similar in both male and female students. Female students showed better performance as compared to male students.
Page(s): 295-300
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Published: Journal: Journal of Postgraduate Medical Institute, Volume: 32, Issue: 3, Year: 2018
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