Authors : S.O. Adebule and C.S. Ayodele
Abstract: This study examined the reliability and validity of a Student`s Anxiety Rating Scale in Mathematics for Schools in Nigeria using a total of 1240 Senior Secondary School Students made up of 616 males and 642 females as samples. The instrument was a 50 item anxiety generating statement in Mathematics. The result of the analysis showed that the scale had significant reliability coefficient of 0.8542 and validity coefficients ranging from 0.21 to 0.59. Consequently, the scale is recommended as follows: As a diagnostic tool for Guidance Counsellors in career counselling and advising. As a guide to practitioners and researchers in the identification of students who are mathematically anxious in schools for treatment and rectification.
S.O. Adebule and C.S. Ayodele , 2007. The Reliability and Validity of a Student Anxiety Rating Scale in Mathematics for Schools in Nigeria. Pakistan Journal of Social Sciences, 4: 78-81.