Comparison of anxiety levels of students in introductory earth science and geology courses

Abstract

AbstractStudents in geology and earth science courses were not anxious about taking these courses as measured by the State‐Triat Anxiety Inventory. Students in each course were split into two grade groups. It was shown that students whose grades were in the higher group had low anxiety, which continued to be reduced during the course. Students in the lower grade group had high anxiety, which increased during the course. There was no difference between anxiety scores of males and females. In general, students who planned to elect additional courses had lower state anxiety and higher grades than students who did not plan to elect additional courses in geology and earth science.