Age And Test Anxiety As Correlates Of Academic Performance Among University Students

ABSTRACT

Academic performance among university students is an intricate issue, which requires immediate

attention because. it is declining continually at an alarming rate. Accordingly, the study examined

Age and Test anxiety as correlate of Academic performance among University students using the

expost facto design. Two hundred (200) undergraduates of Federal University Oye Ekiti

(FUOYE) were sampled using convenience sampling method. Self-report instruments

comprising of Test Anxiety Inventory (TAT) was used for data collection. Three hypotheses

were tested using t-test. In contrast, Age did not correlate with Academic performance (r= -.03,

p>.05), while Test anxiety gives a negative relationship with Academic performance (r= -.144,