Impact of Test Anxiety on Paper Management and Students’ Performance

Abstract

The current study was conducted to explore the impact of test anxiety on paper management and performance of students. The main objective of the study was to investigate the test anxiety impact on paper management indicators with respect to their performance. All the students enrolled in the department of Education and directorate of distance learning at GC University Faisalabad were the population of the study. Three hundred and fifty six students participated in this study. Data were collected with the help of self-developed instrument, Paper Management and Anxiety Scale [PMAS] with Alpha reliability 0.836. Mean, Standard deviation, t- test, and ANOVA were applied to analyze the data on five indicators (time management, physical environment, content clarity, content mastery, and anxiety) of paper management and anxiety. Results revealed that students were less satisfied with the indicators of physical environment and content mastery. Female students were less satisfied with the paper management techniques, so, they performed poor with higher anxiety when compared with male students. Further studies may be conducted to train the students regarding paper management and anxiety reduction techniques.