The Effect of Varying Degrees of Anxiety Upon Classroom Learning Performance

Author

Martha J. Thorne, University of Tennessee - Knoxville

Date of Award

8-1958

Degree Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Arts

Major

Psychology

Major Professor

W. O. Jenkins

Committee Members

R. S. Shrader, G. R. Pascal

Abstract

Introduction: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of varying degrees of anxiety, as measured by the fifty-item forced-choice Taylor Scale of Manifest Anxiety (TMAS) (24), upon the classroom learning performance of a group of thirty-one student nurses, as measured by the increase in scores on an objective-type final examination administered at the beginning and end of a course in psychiatric nursing. The thirty-one subjects were divided into three groups on the basis of low, medium, and high anxiety scores on the TMAS. The per cent gain scores from the pre- and post-final exam were then compared for these three groups in order to determine whether significant differences in learning performance had taken place.

Recommended Citation

Thorne, Martha J., "The Effect of Varying Degrees of Anxiety Upon Classroom Learning Performance. " Master's Thesis, University of Tennessee, 1958.
https://trace.tennessee.edu/utk_gradthes/2903