An exploratory study of academic anxiety of secondary school students in relation to their intelligence and gender Md Islam Towhid1, Razzak SK Rahed2 1Master of Education (M. Ed.), Department of Education, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India 2Research Scholar, Department of Education, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India Online published on 20 June, 2019. Abstract The study explore the relationship between academic anxiety and intelligence among the secondary school students on the basis of gender. Survey and descriptive method of research have been used for this study. Population of the study consists of the secondary school students of Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) and random sampling has been used. The sample of the study consists of 100 students (50 boys and 50 girls). The investigator used “Academic Anxiety Scale” and “General mental Ability Test” for the purpose of data collection. Here the researcher found that high intelligence male secondary school students are more anxious than the high intelligence female secondary school students. The researcher also found that the low intelligence female secondary school students are more anxious than the low intelligence male secondary school students. The study also reveals that the male secondary school students are more intelligence but less anxious than the female secondary school students. Top Keywords Academic Anxiety, Secondary School Students, Intelligence, Gender. Top |