Assessment on the Relationship between Mathematics Anxiety and Performance among Ss2 Students in Zaria Educational Zone, Kaduna State
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Relationship, Mathematics Anxiety, Performance, Zaria Education ZoneAbstract
The study examined the relationship between mathematics anxiety and academic performance of senior secondary students in Zaria education zone, Kaduna State. One-shot survey research design was used for the data collection and analysis. A sample of 365 students involving 273 males and 92 females were randomly selected from a population of 5952 senior secondary students in the zone. A 30-item Mathematics Performance Test (MPT) instrument was developed with evidence of content validity and reliability of 0 .62 and a 20-item Mathematics Anxiety Scale (MAS) was adopted with adequate validity and reliability of 0 .90. These instruments were used for data collection. Three research questions were formulated and three null hypotheses were formulated and tested at 0 .05 level of significance. The results from the quantitative study showed that there was statistically significant negative correlation between mathematics anxiety and academic performance (r= -.268, p< .05). It was also discovered that non-anxious students performed significantly better than the anxious students (M = 11.07, S.D = 5.36) t (363)= 4.89, p>.05., (M=8.9, S.D = 3.95), t (363)=4.42, p< .05. Lastly, there was no significant difference between male and female (M = 59.55, S.D = 16.36), (M= 60.51, S.D = 14.69) students anxiety level It was recommended that mathematics anxiety should be given more attention by the curriculum planners in Zaria education zone.
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