Abstract :
Mathematics anxiety is therefore considered as a hurdle to students?
achievement in mathematics. The current research aimed to find the
relationship of mathematics anxiety (MA) with mathematics learning of
high school students in Lahore, Pakistan. Target population for this study
was all male science students of grade 10th of government sector high
schools of Lahore district. Quantitative approach was applied in this
descriptive research. A sample of three hundred and twenty (320)
students was selected using multistage sampling technique. At first stage,
thirty two government high schools from district Lahore were selected;
and in the next stage, ten secondary class students of science group were
selected randomly from each school. For the collection of data regarding
student?s anxiety for learning mathematics, a standardized tool
developed by May (2009) was used. One part of this questionnaire was
selected because of its relevancy to the study. Students? responses were
collected on a Likert five points rating scale. The data was analyzed
applying Pearson “r”. Data analysis reported negative correlation
between mathematics anxiety and students? learning in mathematics. It
shows that although students have anxiety regarding learning
mathematics, however, it is not the cause of their low performance in
mathematics. It is recommended to further probe the reasons for the low
performance of students in the subject of mathematics.
Keyword :
mathematics anxiety, achievement, high school students