Academic Anxiety among Reserved & Non-Reserved Category Senior Secondary School Students of Jammu Division

Development and Validation of the Mathematics Anxiety Scale for Secondary and Senior Secondary School Students

The present paper aims at presenting the procedure of construction and standardization of operational measure of math anxiety scale (MAS). The final form of the test has 14 statements which is design to measure the math anxiety of secondary school and senior secondary school students. MAS as a bidimensional and shorter instrument in which 7 items are worded positively and 7 items worded negativ...

Instructional Television Programmes and Academic Performance of Senior Secondary School Students in Anambra State, Nigeria

This study investigated instructional Television (ITV) programmes and Academic performance of Senior Secondary School students in Anambra state-Nigeria. The need for the study arose from the problem of the declining nature of West African school certificate examination results of senior secondary school students in Anambra state on yearly basis. For example, the WAEC analysis released for 2010 ...

An Interactional Study of Academic Anxiety in relation to Socio- Economic Status, Gender and School type among Secondary School Students

Academic Anxiety is a common phenomenon prevalent among all the students studying at different levels of education. Moderate level of Anxiety is essential for success in academics. However, severe academic anxiety proves to be destructive for students, because it is negatively correlated with academic performance. Academic anxiety has attracted the attention of various researchers working in th...

Influence of Peer Victimization on School Attendance among Senior Secondary School Students in Uromi Metropolis

The gifts reserved for age.

Many disciplines from the biological and social sciences are relevant to the study of human ageing. The unique contribution of epidemiology lies in defining the phenomenon of ageing and identifying the influences that determine its manifestations. With sadness we recognise, wherever we look in the world, that these influences include privilege, prejudice, and politics. Ageing, in the sense of s...