Mathematics Achievement of Senior High School Students: Impact of Study Habits and Anxiety

Abstract

This study focused on determining the significant influence of study habits and mathematics anxiety to the mathematics achievement of the senior high school students. Universal sampling was employed to 403 students enrolled to grade 12 senior high school at the Davao Oriental State College of Science and Technology taking accountancy, business and management (ABM) strand, humanities and social sciences (HUMSS) strand, science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) strand, and technical vocational livelihood (TVL) strand. Results showed that the students’ study habit and mathematics anxiety do not significantly differ across their field of specialization. It further revealed that mathematics achievement of the senior high school students was significantly correlated to and influenced by the level of their study habits, and mathematics anxiety. It was then recommended that activity designs in the classrooms should be made in such that way that it fosters positive ambiance to lessen the anxiety of the students towards the subject and boost their study habits.