Test Anxiety as Correlate of Secondary School Students’ Attitude towards Examination Malpractice in

This study examined test anxiety as equate of secondary school students’ stance towards examination misconduct in Imo State, Nigeria. Three research questions were answered, and individual null theory tested at 0.05 level of significance directed the study. Correlation research design was adopted for this study. The people for this study consisted of 33,922 senior prep school (SS2) students. Research sample contained 3,520 students selected through multi-stage sipping method. The agents used for the study were Test Anxiety Inventory (TAI) and Examination Malpractice Attitude Scale (EMAS). Descriptive enumerations, Pearson Product Moment Correlation and Regression analysis were used for dossier analysis. Results acquired from the study indicated that plurality of students in Imo state have extreme level of test anxiety. The result also granted that most of the students in Imo state have bad attitude towards examination abuse. Moreso, the result revealed extreme positive significant friendship between high school students’ test worry and their attitude towards test malpractice. It was concluded between others that middle school students’ test tension significantly correlated accompanying their attitude towards test malpractice. The study urged, among possible choice that Counsellors, teachers and researchers bear strengthen their exertions in creating programmes that will help in lowering students’ test worry, so that students would feel less fearful and more prepared to face tests and examinations outside any need to enjoy any form of malpractice.

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