1Abutiang, Peter, 2Ushie, Julius Unimke (Ph.D)
1,2Cross River State College Of Education, Akamkpa
DOI : https://doi.org/10.47191/ijmra/v8-i01-03Google Scholar Download Pdf
ABSTRACT:
The study was designed to determine the impact of anxiety and achievement motivation on Colleges of Education Students’ academic performance, in Cross River State of Nigeria. Three (3) research question/hypotheses were formulated to guide the study and relevant literature was reviewed covering trait and state anxieties, achievement motivation and students’ academic performance generally. A survey research design was adopted which made use of a sample of Nine hundred college students each from two (2) Colleges of Education in the state. Two (2) research instruments namely; structured questionnaire, and subject scores based on their externally moderated second semester result for 2022/2023 academic session, were employed for data collection. Data analysis technique adopted was one way analysis of variance (ANOVA). All hypotheses were tested at 0.05 alpha level. The result revealed significant impact of anxiety and achievement motivation on College of Education students’ academic performance in Cross River State, Nigeria. Based on the research findings, it was recommended among others that qualified and conscientious guidance counsellors be sent to all Colleges of Education.
KEYWORDS:Anxiety, Achievement Motivation and Students’ Academic performance
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