The relationship between test anxiety and educational performance among the students at School of Health and Nutrition, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences in 2011

Abstract

Seyyed Mansour Kashfi, Ali Khani Jeihooni,Seyyed Hannan Kashfi, Maryam Yazdankhah

One of the most extensive areas of research in recent decades has been anxiety and related issues. Test anxiety includes unpleasant feelings and emotional experiences or frustration and concern in situations where a person feels his/her performance is being evaluated. In test situation, a large group of students experience widespread anxiety that negatively affect educational effectiveness which, consequently, deprives the society of a significant proportion of its workforce