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An Investigation of the Relationship between Test Anxiety, Self Esteem and Academic Performance among Polytechnic Students in Nigeria

by Olaitan W. Akinleke
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International Journal of Computer Applications
Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA
Volume 51 - Number 1
Year of Publication: 2012
Authors: Olaitan W. Akinleke
10.5120/8010-1376

Olaitan W. Akinleke . An Investigation of the Relationship between Test Anxiety, Self Esteem and Academic Performance among Polytechnic Students in Nigeria. International Journal of Computer Applications. 51, 1 ( August 2012), 47-50. DOI=10.5120/8010-1376

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title = { An Investigation of the Relationship between Test Anxiety, Self Esteem and Academic Performance among Polytechnic Students in Nigeria },
journal = { International Journal of Computer Applications },
issue_date = { August 2012 },
volume = { 51 },
number = { 1 },
month = { August },
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issn = { 0975-8887 },
pages = { 47-50 },
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url = { https://ijcaonline.org/archives/volume51/number1/8010-1376/ },
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Abstract

The aim of this study was to discover how test anxiety and self esteem affect academic performance. Two hundred and fifty randomly drawn final year National Diploma (NDII) students of the Federal Polytechnic, Ilaro were involved in the study. They were given two questionnaires that took between forty and forty five minutes to complete. The study was carried out in a classroom environment during regular school hours. After collecting information from the students through questionnaires, their comprehensive Grade Point Averages (GPA) in previous year were also collected. This GPA data were then compared to the scores obtained from the questionnaires. This study discovered that overall, low anxiety students had higher GPAs than high anxiety students and that there is a positive relationship between self esteem and academic performance. The implication of the findings were that stakeholders in education should formulate policies that help students to cope with anxiety and also initiate programs that will assist the process of learning and mastering challenges as such would result in higher academic achievement.

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Index Terms

Computer Science
Information Sciences

Keywords

Test anxiety self esteem and academic performance

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