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CORRELATION OF MATHEMATICS ANXIETY AND MATHEMATICS

PERFORMANCE OF GRADE VIII STUDENTS

An Undergraduate Thesis
Presented to the Faculty of the College of Education
MINDANAO STATE UNIVERSITY- BUUG CAMPUS
Buug, Zamboanga Sibugay

In Partial Fulfillment of the

Requirements for the Degree of
Bachelor in Secondary Education (BSEd)
Major in Mathematics

SITTI ASIA EDRIS

JUNELYN MALAGUM
JEACHEL JOY SIMACAS

April 2019
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APPROVAL SHEET

In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Bachelor in Secondary

Education, major in Mathematics, this thesis entitled “CORRELATION OF

MATHEMATICS ANXIETY AND MATHEMATICS PERFORMANCE OF THE

GRADE VIII STUDENTS”, prepared and submitted by: Sitti Asia E. Edris, Junelyn N.

Malagum, and Jeachel Joy G. Simacas are hereby recommended for acceptance and

approval.

GINA D. TORRED, MST-Math

Thesis Adviser

Approved by the Committee on Oral Examination on _____________.

With the rating of ___________.

CAROL JANE C. SIOSE, MAEd ANGELITO A. RENDIZA, MAEd

Panel Member Panel Member

CHERRY ANNE P. GENOVIA, MAEd

Panel Member

Accepted and approved in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of

Bachelor in Secondary Education, major in Mathematics.

ALDIN PAUL S. GENOVIA., Ed. D., JD.

Dean, College of Education
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ACKNOWLEDGMENT

The researchers would like to acknowledge and express their deepest profound

gratitude and appreciation to the following individuals whose endless assistance,

encouragement, inspiration, and prayers have contributed for the accomplishment of this

work.

First and foremost, the heartfelt immeasurable thanks to the Almighty God, the

greatest source of wisdom, understanding, strength, and his constant blessings which turn

this piece of work into success.

To the Dean of the College of Education, Dr. Aldin Paul S. Genovia for his

kindness for allowing the researchers to have access to the students in the collection of

data.

To the thesis adviser and editor, Prof. Gina D. Torred for her untiring efforts in

guiding, reading, strengthening the paper by making corrections to this work and

encouragement to the researchers from the start to the end of the study.

To the statistician, Dr. Mario Torred for his guidance and advises in interpreting,

tabulating and analysing the data.

To the panel members, Prof. Carol Jane C. Siose, Prof. Angelito A. Rendiza, and

Prof. Cherry Anne P. Genovia for their time, valuable suggestions, and recommendations

that helped much in the completion of the study.

To the Grade VIII advisers and Mathematics teachers for granting the researchers

to conduct the study.

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To the respondents of the study (Grade VIII- Quezon, Roxas, and Garcia), for

their warm welcome when the researchers conducted the study and for rendering their

time and effort in answering the given questions.

To their family, friends and loved ones for their unending financial, spiritual, and

moral support, which have become the influential strength of the achievement of this

work, they can say thanks for the faithful support in overseeing the operations of this

work and may God bless them in return.

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DEDICATION

This humble effort is dedicated to my supportive and loving:

Parents

Hasan L. Edris and Apai E. Edris

Siblings

Anisa, Ahmad, Sitti Mariam, Jasmin, Abdillah, Rogayah, Mojayma and Nhur-Mia

Nephew and Niece

Walid Azis and Alnheza

Special Someone

Hatim

Thesis Partners

Junelyn and Jeachel Joy

All of My Relatives, Best friends, SMMCS family, and Adviser

Whose love, encouragement and prayers enable us to get success and honor.

Above all,

To our Almighty God who provided us with all the wisdom, patience and strength to have

this work done and bring to success.

Sitti
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DEDICATION

This humble effort is dedicated to my supportive and loving:

Parents

Cristituto L. Malagum and Susana N. Malagum

Siblings

Jhon Patrick, Rossano Cris, Manuel and Rizza

Nephew and Niece

Zach Ezekiel and Criziel Jhane

Special Someone

Steven

Thesis Partners

Sitti Asia and Jeachel Joy

All My Relatives, Best friends, SMMCS family, and Adviser

Whose love, encouragement and prayers enable us to get success and honor.

Most of all, this success would not be possible if it isn’t planned by my Creator,

my strong Pillar, my Source of wisdom, knowledge and understanding, the forgiving and

ever loving Almighty God. Thank you Lord!

Lyn
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DEDICATION

This humble effort is dedicated to my supportive and loving:

Parents

Joel P. Simacas and Roselyn G. Simacas

Siblings

Regen and Jhancy Jean

Nephew

Ryzen Isaac

Thesis Partners

Sitti Asia and Junelyn

All of My Relatives, Best friends, SMMCS family, and Adviser

Whose love, encouragement and prayers enable us to get success and honor.

Above all,

To our Almighty God who provided us with all the wisdom, patience and strength to have

this work done and bring to success.

Jeach
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ABSTRACT

Edris, Sitti Asia E., Malagum, Junelyn N., and Simacas, Jeachel Joy G.,
“CORRELATION OF MATHEMATICS ANXIETY AND MATHEMATICS
PERFORMANCE OF THE GRADE VIII STUDENTS” Undergraduate Thesis.
Mindanao State University- Buug Campus. April 2019.

Thesis Adviser: Prof. Gina D. Torred

Mathematics is the science that deals with the logic of shape, quantity and
arrangement. Since the beginning of recorded history, it has been at the forefront of every
civilized society and is used in even the most primitive of cultures. Unfortunately, the
image of Mathematics is often viewed by students as one of the most abstract and
conceptually difficult subject. In spite of the important role of Mathematics in different
fields, students have been shown to have motivational difficulties when studying the
subject. It is a known fact that many students see Mathematics as a subject to be endured,
a kind of mental torture rather than a subject of real-world importance and personal
value.
This study was conducted to determine the correlation of Mathematics anxiety
and Mathematics performance of the Grade VIII students of MSU- Buug Laboratory
High School. A sample of 85 Grade VIII students of MSU- Buug Laboratory High
School was utilized in a descriptive survey method.
The study endeavoured to find out if a significant correlation of Mathematics
anxiety and Mathematics performance of the said students exist.
Data were gathered through distributions of questionnaire-checklist to the
respondents who were chosen through simple random sampling.
The results revealed that the level of Mathematics anxiety of Grade VIII students
of MSU- Buug Laboratory High School is “average” and the level of Mathematics
performance of the Grade VIII students of MSU- Buug Laboratory High School is
“poor”.
Since the value of the observed z- test which is -3.40 is lesser than the z- tabulated
at 5% and 1% levels of significance, it was concluded that there was a highly significant
negative correlation between Mathematics anxiety and Mathematics performance of the
Grade VIII students.
It is highly recommended that parents should have a close follow-up on the
performance of their children in school. For the teachers, they should design classrooms
that will make students more successful and incorrect response must be handled in a
positive way to encourage students’ active participation and enhance students’ confidence
towards mathematics and students should engage more in mathematical activity which
paves way to improve Mathematics performance.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS

PAGE
TITLE PAGE i
APPROVAL SHEET ii
ACKNOWLEDGMENT iii
DEDICATION v
ABSTRACT viii
TABLE OF CONTENTS ix
APPENDICES x
LIST OF TABLES xi
LIST OF FIGURES xii
CHAPTER 1- THE PROBLEM AND ITS SCOPE
Introduction 1
Theoretical Framework 3
Conceptual Framework 4
Conceptual Paradigm 5
Statement of the Problem 5
Hypothesis of the Study 6
Significance of the Study 6
Scope and Limitation of the Study 7
Operational Definition of Terms 7
CHAPTER II- REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE AND STUDIES
Related Literature 9
Related Studies 12
CHAPTER III- METHODOLOGY
Research Design 14
Locale of the Study 14
Respondents of the Study 14
Sampling Size and Sampling Procedure 14
Research Instrument 15
Data Gathering Procedure 15
Statistical Tools 16
CHAPTER IV- PRESENTATION, ANALYSIS AND
INTERPRETATION OF DATA
CHAPTER V- SUMMARY, CONCLUSIONS, AND RECOMMENDATIONS
Summary of Findings 23
Conclusions 24
Recommendations 24
REFERENCES
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APPENDICES
APPENDIX A (Permission Letters) 29
APPENDIX B (Questionnaire) 36
APPENDIX C (Computation of Sample size) 38
APPENDIX D (Computation of Pearson-Product Moment) 41
APPENDIX E (Computation of z-test) 42
CURRICULUM VITAE
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LIST OF TABLES

Table No. Title Page

1 Distribution of Respondents by Section 18

2 Mathematics Anxiety Responses 18

3 Mathematics Performance Responses 21

4 The Significant Correlation of 21

Mathematics Anxiety and Mathematics Performance

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LIST OF FIGURES

Figure Title Page

1 The Conceptual Paradigm 5

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