Research on General Self-Efficacy and Test Anxiety of Normal University Students

Jian Tang,Qingmin Sun

doi:10.22158/wjer.v5n2p191

Abstract

<p><em>The general self-efficacy scale and test anxiety scale are utilized for the questionnaire survey among 188 normal university students. The relationship between their general self-efficacy and test anxiety, the difference of general self-efficacy in gender and major, and difference of test anxiety in gender and major are discussed. The results indicate that there is a significant negative correlation between general self-efficacy and test anxiety of normal college students; there is a significant difference in gender and major for general self-efficacy; there is no significant difference in gender but in major for test anxiety.</em></p>

Highlights

Test is an important part of learning that can check students’ learning effect and mastery of knowledge
4.1 There Are Significant Differences between Normal University Students’ General Self-Efficacy in Gender and Major The results show that normal university students’ general self-efficacy has significant gender differences
This causes science students’ higher self-efficacy than arts students. 4.2 There Is no Significant Difference in Gender for Normal University Students’ Test Anxiety but in Major Male normal university students have the same anxiety as female students in test

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Introduction

Test is an important part of learning that can check students’ learning effect and mastery of knowledge. There are many reasons for this, and test anxiety is an important factor (Javanbakht et al, 2014). Test anxiety is a complex negative emotion and act phenomenon. A lot of views have been put forward on it. Mandler thinks that it is a kind of emotion in the state of helplessness and disorder. Woipe emphasizes that it is a habitual and conditioned emotional response. Salason (1972) holds that test anxiety should be regarded as a stressful state associated with cognitive evaluation. Zheng Richang, a Chinese scholar, argues that test anxiety is a psychological state, which is inspired by a www.scholink.org/ojs/index.php/wjer

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