Impact of Mathematics Anxiety on Students Performance in Public Secondary Schools of Lyari, Karachi

Abstract

Mathematics is one of the core subjects. It is taught in almost all the fields related to sciences, which leads to the better opportunities in future. Mathematics anxiety is one of the most prominent issue found almost in all type of student at all ages, and is one of the area that is responsible to decline the student’s achievement.  The aim of the study is to identify the association of mathematics anxiety and students’ performance in the context of Lyari, Karachi. Moreover, the study will find the association of mathematics anxiety and level of anxiety with the grades of students. In this research quantitative model was used for collecting data, for collecting data questionnaire was distributed among 70 students, belong to X class of public sector secondary school students of Lyari region. The mean ages of the students (mean=15) and data was analyzed through SPSS using of percentage and Linear Regression. The finding revealed that mathematics anxiety is having negative association with students’ performance and mathematics anxiety increase with the class of students. It is recommended that teachers should teach mathematics with fun in order to overcome the fear of mathematics along with repeated drill and practice questions. Along with teachers, parents are also required to provide attention at home by providing interactive environment in order to polish their skills.