Abstract
The objective of this study was to investigate whether there is a statistically significant difference between the scores of exam questions enriched with visual materials and without visual materials in middle school students. In addition, it was to investigate whether students' scores from exam questions enriched with visual materials and without visual materials and test anxiety scores make a difference according to gender. Achievement Tests (AT) and Test Anxiety Scale (TAS) were used as the data collection tools in study. The sample of this study was 28 middle school students. In the analysis results of the study, it was found that there was not a statistically significant difference between the scores of the students in the exam questions with visual materials and without visual materials. In addition, the mean scores of the students in the exam questions enriched with visual materials and questions without visual materials did not show a significant difference by gender. The anoher result obtained was that there was not a statistically significant difference between the test anxiety scores of male and female students. But, it was noticed that as the number of exams students take increased, their test anxiety scores increased, and their exam success scores decreased.
Publisher
Sakarya University Journal of Family Counseling and Education
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