Anxiety and performance school in basic education

Authors

  • Neide de Brito Cunha Universidade do Vale do Sapucaí http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4945-4495
  • Sandra Maria da Silva Sales Oliveira Universidade do Vale do Sapucaí
  • Thaísa Vilhena Silva Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia - Câmpus Machado
  • Antônio José Figueiredo Oliveira Centro Universitário do Sul de Minas Gerais

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5902/1984644422818

Keywords:

Anxiety, Academic performance, Elementary school.

Abstract

This study aimed to evaluate anxiety in students of elementary school and any differences with regard to gender, age, school year, school type and academic performance in math and Portuguese. In this field research, we evaluated 134 students from two schools, one public and one particular of the southern state of Minas Gerais-Brasil. Of the total, 70 were girls and the ages ranged from 7 to 10 years. The students were attending the 2nd to 5th year. Anxiety Inventory at the School and students' grades in the subjects of Portuguese and Mathematics was used. The results showed an average level of school anxiety and statistically significant differences weren’t found in the evaluation of anxiety regarding the variables studied. As there is a lack of research with children as the school anxiety in this level of education, it is considered important to evaluate other samples.

Author Biographies

Neide de Brito Cunha, Universidade do Vale do Sapucaí

Docente do Mestrado em Educação

Sandra Maria da Silva Sales Oliveira, Universidade do Vale do Sapucaí

Docente do Mestrado em Educação

Thaísa Vilhena Silva, Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia - Câmpus Machado

Docente do Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia - Câmpus Machado

Antônio José Figueiredo Oliveira, Centro Universitário do Sul de Minas Gerais

Docente do Centro Universitário do Sul de Minas Gerais

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Published

2017-08-31

How to Cite

Cunha, N. de B., Oliveira, S. M. da S. S., Silva, T. V., & Oliveira, A. J. F. (2017). Anxiety and performance school in basic education. Education, 42(2), 397–410. https://doi.org/10.5902/1984644422818

Issue

Educação, v. 42, n. 2, maio/ago. 2017

Section

Continuous Demand

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