ERIC Number: EJ1138268
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2017
Pages: 11
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Test Anxiety: Do Gender and School-Level Matter?
Aydin, Utkun
European Journal of Educational Research, v6 n2 p187-197 2017
The study investigated differences in students' reported overall test anxiety before, during, or after test taking among two school-levels and gender. Differences among three test anxiety components (thoughts, off-task behaviors, and autonomic reactions) were also examined. Participants were 725 primary (349 females, 376 males) and 375 middle (180 females, 195 males) school students from a metropolitan city in Turkey. Turkish students' reported overall test anxiety declined from primary to middle school, with females showing higher test anxiety throughout school years. Whereas students rated thoughts high, autonomic reactions were rated low; followed by off-task behaviors. Female and male students did not differ in thoughts and autonomic reactions. School-level differences were found in off-task behaviors and autonomic reactions. The pattern of Turkish students' overall test anxiety derived as a combination of thoughts, off-task behaviors, and autonomic reactions was discussed, and educational implications were offered.
Descriptors: Test Anxiety, Gender Differences, Elementary School Students, Middle School Students, Foreign Countries, Age Differences, Time on Task, Responses, Student Attitudes, Hypothesis Testing, Student Surveys, Multivariate Analysis
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education; Middle Schools; Secondary Education; Junior High Schools
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Turkey (Istanbul)
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