THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TEST ANXIETY AND STUDENTS' ACHIEVEMENT IN ATATURK'S PRINCIPLES AND REVOLUTION COURSE


Kilinckaya M. D.

HACETTEPE UNIVERSITESI EGITIM FAKULTESI DERGISI-HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY JOURNAL OF EDUCATION, cilt.28, sa.1, ss.235-243, 2013 (SSCI) identifier

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This article is concerned with the study of relationship between the test anxiety and students' achievement in the course on Ataturk's Revolutions and Principles. The participants of this study consist of 245 students from Faculty of Letters and Polatli Technical Vocational School at Hacettepe University. The relationship between the level of test anxiety and students' achievement is examined and it is found out that there is no connection between the test anxiety and age and gender. However, the findings of this study support the findings of similar studies. It is possible to indicate that the methods and techniques that the lecturers use in this course positively affect the students' anxiety and thus achievement.