Demographic Predictors of Test Anxiety among Undergraduates

Oladipo, Samuel E.; Ogungbamila, Adepeju

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“…However, the results of this study show that age is not a strong factor of test anxiety among preservice teachers. This finding lends credence with studies conducted in Nigeria [57].…”

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The relationship between test anxiety and pre-service teachers’ performance in quantitative research methods

Butakor,

Mingah

2024

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The mere mention of mathematics and its related courses such as quantitative research methods drive down shivers and create anxiety among most students. However, this phenomenon has not will been addressed among preservice teachers. The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between preservice teachers test anxiety and performance in quantitative research methods in education. And to achieve this purpose, a random sample of 313 preservice teachers from a teacher education University in Ghana were administered the test anxiety inventory (TAI) and the data analysed using both descriptive and inferential statistics. The results revealed a significant inverse relationship between test anxiety and preservice teachers’ performance. Similarly, factors such as the examiner, the exam format, previous failures, examination time, presence of invigilator, and lack of adequate preparations were identified as determinants of test anxiety. In terms of coping strategies, it was revealed that respondents adopted cognitive, and educational strategies to mitigate the effect of test anxiety.

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“…However, the results of this study show that age is not a strong factor of test anxiety among preservice teachers. This finding lends credence with studies conducted in Nigeria [57].…”

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confidence: 87%

The relationship between test anxiety and pre-service teachers’ performance in quantitative research methods

Butakor,

Mingah

2024

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“…As mentioned earlier, most studies on causes of teacher examination anxiety focus on personal characteristics of the test situation: gender factors, level of difficulty, worry, procrastination, stress, negative experiences, diverse forms of anxiety, competences and skill level (In'nami, 2006;Putwain et al, 2016;Oladipo & Ogungbamila, 2013). Therefore, examination anxiety affects learning, changes test performance, and causes academic self-esteem which practically repeals the aim of assessment and performance.…”

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An Empirical Study on the Relationship between Causes of Teacher Examination Anxiety and Dimensions of Coping with Pre-Exam Anxiety: A Structural Equation Modelling Approach

Shimave

Çerkez

Baysen

2020

Psychologica Belgica

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In recent years, examination anxiety among teachers assumes a critical sphere in the global academic environment. The causes of teacher examination anxiety in education have been reviewed by a few scholars. This shows that teacher examination anxiety and its impact on academic development are limited in research. Therefore, this study investigated the linear relationship between two self-report instruments – the causes of teacher examination anxiety and dimensions of coping with pre-exam anxiety. The study adopted a quantitative approach with three-hundred teachers from four secondary schools in Nigeria and twenty teachers from two secondary schools in North Cyprus participated in the survey. Also, a Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) was utilized for the analysis. The results of the study indicate that the two factors (teacher causes of exam anxiety and dimensions of coping with pre-exam anxiety) are interconnected. The results also indicate teachers’ preparation for examinations coupled with various dimensions of anxiety is a complex task that demands educational stakeholders to constantly improving on causes of examination anxiety and factors of pre-exam anxiety among teachers for better academic and ethical development.

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“…Expectations and pressure on themselves, peer groups, and parents for excellent performance make them more vulnerable. Sometimes, it is also experienced that owing to excess fear of exams, they forget everything and cannot do the exam well and, as a result, commit suicide (Oladipo & Ogungbamila, 2013).…”

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Examination Anxiety and Its Association With Socio-Demographic Variables Among Adolescent Students in Nepal

Tharu

2023

Journal of Education and Research

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Examination anxiety is a combination of physiological, over-arousal, tension, and somatic symptoms along with worries, dread, fear of failure, and catastrophizing that occurs before or during the examination and is a major problem for students. Therefore, this study aims to assess the level of examination anxiety and its association with their selected socio-demographic variables among adolescent students in secondary schools in Nepalgunj, Nepal. A cross-sectional design was used, and 150 adolescent students were selected from selected secondary schools using a simple random sampling technique. The multinomial logistic regression (MNLR) model was adopted to assess the statistically significant factors associated with examination anxiety. Among 150 adolescent students, only 7.3% had no anxiety, more than half (i.e., 54.0%) had healthy anxiety, and 38.7% had unhealthy anxiety. The fitted MNLR model reveals that male students are 1.21 times more likely to have healthy examination anxiety than female students as a reference to no anxiety. Furthermore, the students whose parents expect high scores are 3.25 times more likely to have healthy anxiety than those whose parents do not expect high scores as a reference to no anxiety. The research reveals that male students have higher levels of examination anxiety than female students, and students whose parents expect an excellent score are more likely to experience healthy anxiety than students whose parents do not expect a high score.

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Demographic Predictors of Test Anxiety among Undergraduates

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The relationship between test anxiety and pre-service teachers’ performance in quantitative research methods

The relationship between test anxiety and pre-service teachers’ performance in quantitative research methods

An Empirical Study on the Relationship between Causes of Teacher Examination Anxiety and Dimensions of Coping with Pre-Exam Anxiety: A Structural Equation Modelling Approach

Examination Anxiety and Its Association With Socio-Demographic Variables Among Adolescent Students in Nepal

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