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Abstract-This study aims to identify the Mathematics anxiety and its relationship with the achievement of Form Four Students in Perak Tengah district, Malaysia. The design of the study is using quantitative method and the data was collected by using a questionnaire of Student Math Anxiety Scale (SKMP). A total of 190 Form Four students were selected as a research sample. The results showed that the level of mathematics anxiety of the students were at moderate level with M = 2.55, SD = 0.72. Analysis of the t test results for gender show that there is no significant difference with t = -0.889, p <0.05 between the level of mathematics anxiety of female students compared to the male students. The correlation test showed a significant and negative relationship between student's achievement and their mathematics anxiety with correlation value r = -0.237. IndexTerms-Mathematics anxiety, mathematics achievement and student math anxiety scale.

A learning environment has become one of the vital factors in ensuring the students' success in achieving good grades. Although past research focus on students' performance but the evolution of the learning environment has opened a new direction in understanding students' learning. There are many factors that can be grouped into the learning environment. This paper aims at validating the Learning Environment Instrument by using Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) which has 40 items and 5-point Likert scale. The instrument has five constructs, including students' closeness, teacher support, involvement, cooperation and equality. The instrument was distributed to 1887 secondary school students from selected high performance school in Malaysia. Confirmatory Factor Analysis was used to validate the instrument using AMOS 16.0. The result revealed that the measurement model of learning environment fitted with the collected data. Fit index tests like CMIN/DF, TLI, CFI, IFI, NFI and RMSEA were used to obtain the model fit. In conclusion, the instrument was found to be valid and reliable in measuring learning environment in this context of study.