<p><em>Tiap  peserta  didik  mempunyai  berbagai  macam  dorongan kebutuhan termasuk siswa berbakat baik yang  bersifat  kejasmanian,  sosial,  maupun  kejiwaan.  Pada prinsipnya  dorongan  kebutuhan  ini menuntut  untuk  dipenuhi.  Dengan  kata  lain  dorongan  kebutuhan  ini  akan  mendasari  tingkah peserta  didik  serta kelangsungan  hidup  pese ta didik.  Bila  dorongan  kebutuhan  peserta  didik  itu dapat  terpenuhi,  peserta  didik  akan  merasakan  kepuasan  serta  kebahagiaan  dalam  hidupnya,  dan sebaliknya. </em></p>

This study aims to analyze exam anxiety among vocational school students in professional placement based on gender. This is a quantitative research that uses descriptive and comparative methods and a sample of 115 individuals selected through proportional random sampling technique. Data is obtained using an instrument of exam anxiety and were analyzed descriptively by determining mean, standard deviation, and percentage. To determine the difference in anxiety among vocational school students, the t-test technique with analyzed Independent Samples Test was used. The results showed that exam anxiety was generally in the low and high categories in male and female students, respectively. Also, there was a significant difference between students in the professional placement of male and female students.

Anxiety is an unpleasant emotion that is characterized by worry and fear. A lot of subject matter is memorized and learning tends to be boring make students suppressed and can cause anxiety to accumulate during exams. This study aims to analyzed exam anxiety among vocational school students in professional placement based on male and female, and identify the differences exam anxiety among vocational school students in professional placement based on gender. This research is quantitative research with descriptive and comparative methods. With a sample of 115 students using a proportional random sampling technique. Data obtained by providing instrument kecemasan siswa dalam menghadapi ujian praktik kejuruan. Data were analyzed descriptively by determining the mean, standard deviation and percentage. To see the difference in anxiety among vocational school students in professional placement based on male and female was used the t-test technique with analyze Independent Samples Test. The results showed that exam anxiety among vocational school students in professional placement of male students was generally in the low category and exam anxiety among vocational school students in professional placement of female students was generally in the high category and there was a significant difference between the exam anxiety among vocational school students in professional placement of male and female students. This research shows the need for efforts to reduce exam anxiety among vocational school students in professional placement of students so that students can exam effectively.

The high level of student anxiety when facing exams causes negative effects that come from internal and external factors. Anxiety is an emotional state that is not soothing, such as feeling depressed in the face of adversity or before it occurs, which is characterized by feelings of worry, tension, and fear in certain situations. This study aims to describe the anxiety of vocational high school students in terms of cognitive, affective, and behavioral aspects. This research is quantitative research with descriptive methods. With a sample of 115 students using a proportional random sampling technique. The data were obtained by providing anxiety instruments in the face of vocational practice exams. Data were analyzed descriptively by determining the mean, standard deviation, and percentage. The results of the study reveal that the first, the level of anxiety of students majoring in Computer and Network Engineering in facing vocational practice exams is generally in the low category. Second, the level of anxiety of students majoring in Computer and Network Engineering in facing vocational practice exams seen from the cognitive aspect is generally in the medium category. Third, the level of anxiety of students majoring in Computer and Network Engineering in facing vocational practice exams seen from the affective aspect is generally in the medium category. Fourth, the level of anxiety of students majoring in Computer and Network Engineering in facing vocational practice exams seen from the aspect of behavior is generally in the medium category.

<span>Each student experiences an educational process so that can become a quality human being in accordance with the objectives of level education are more required to carry out work practices in accordance with their majors. Things that are done when the practice sometimes causes uncomfortable feelings, one of which is feeling anxious. Anxiety can be interpreted as a situation where someone feels afraid, feels depressed, feels worried about things that will happen, so that can interfere with the learning process. In this article will explain the concept of anxiety and aspects that affect anxiety that can be experience by students in general in vocational high schools.</span>