ASSESSMENT OF STUDENTS TEST ANXIETY AND THE IMPACT OF COGNITIVE RESTRUCTURING COUNSELLING THERAPIES IN STATISTICS EDUCATION COURSES
This study investigates the effects of cognitive-restructuring therapies on students' performance in statistics education courses (Tests and Measurement (T&M)), as well as how test anxiety is measured. Participants were randomly assigned to either an experimental group or a control group in this quasi-experimental pre-test/post-test factorial design study. The experimental group received treatment, while the control group received no treatment. Among the 206 individuals that enrolled in T&M, 122 participants were chosen at random to make up the study's sample. Within eight weeks of beginning therapy, a group treatment approach was implemented, and therapies were given. Everyone who took part in the study had to take a pre-test and post-test. To gather information from the students, the T&M Anxiety Rating Scale (T&MARS) was utilized. The standardized Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI) a self-reported inventory, which consists of 21 items was adopted for the research. Using a 0.05 significance level for both the dependent and independent samples, the researchers computed t-tests to verify the hypotheses generated. Students suffering from anxiety associated with T&M can find statistically significant relief through cognitive restructuring counselling, according to this study's results. Those who had cognitive restructuring treatment and those who did not did not differ significantly in terms of their test anxiety levels. These results suggest that undergraduates suffering from anxiety connected to T&M may benefit from cognitive-restructuring treatment, which counsellors can offer.
Test Anxiety, Statistics-Related Education Course, Cognitive Restructuring Counselling, Group Therapy.