Test Anxiety and Academic achievement: A Correlative study among Undergraduate level students in Assam, India

Authors: Dr. Rantu Gohain

Pages: 64-67

Abstract:

The present study focuses on the relationship between the test anxiety and academic achievement of undergraduate level students under Dibrugarh university of Assam. It also tries to investigate the level of anxiety between boys’and girls’students. For this purpose a standardized questionnaire constructed by Prof. V.P. Sharma was administered to 120 boys’ and girls’ students. Pearson’s Product moment coefficient-correlation method revealed that there is a significant positive correlation between test anxiety and academic achievement. The Chi-square technique on the other hand revealed no significant difference regarding anxiety level between boys’and girls’students. It is assumed that a moderate anxiety is not harmful whereas extreme level of anxiety is always affective which may lead a student to low performance, stressful, depressive and even suicidal situation. Remedial suggestions to reduce test anxiety of the study are proper care, inspiration and guidance of parents and teachers, moulding study habits, a congenial teaching-learning environment, arrangement of spiritual development and life skill training, coping strategies etc.