MATH ANXIETY AND ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IN PRE- CALCULUS OF SELECTED SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL IN SORSOGON STATE COLLEGE
Keywords:
math anxiety, academic performance, pre-calculus, senior high schoolAbstract
Math anxiety is characterized by manifestations of negative behaviors of learners towards mathematical concepts. This study investigated the relationship between math anxiety and the academic performance in Pre-calculus of Senior High School Students taking Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Strand at Sorsogon State College- Sorsogon City Campus. The research design utilized was descriptive- correlational. Eighty- eight (88) respondents out of one hundred eighty (180) students or two (2) out of four (4) sections from the Laboratory High School were purposely selected, and took a math anxiety test. Seventy- seven (77) percent are found to have math anxiety. Forty- one(41) percent had low academic performance. Results revealed further that there is significant relationship between math anxiety and performance of students in Pre- calculus. It is concluded that math anxiety has negative effect on the academic performance of students in Pre-calculus.
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