Determining the effect of test anxiety on academic achievement in Singapore

• Main Authors: Heng, Jason Teik Ooi, Goh, Melissa Yee Shuen, Yzelman, Theodore Edward
• Other Authors: Christos Sakellariou
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/73796
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This paper assesses the effect of test anxiety on academic performance in Singapore by using data from the PISA 2015 survey. Prior research in educational psychology has concluded that test anxiety has a negative causal relationship with academic performance. Based on a review of existing literature...