Causes of anxiety in geometry among the students of secondary schools and evolving a strategy for its minimization

Abstract

Education is the only way for the development of both individual and nation. newlineMathematics is one of the most important subjects in school education and it is the newlinebackbone of all sciences and technology. Our daily life heavily depend on modern newlinetechnology that means our progress depend highly on mathematics. Since mathematics newlineis abstract in nature, therefore it is more difficult to learn and understand than compare newlineto other subject in school level. Geometry is a branch of mathematics which is more newlineabstract and harder than compare to other branches of mathematics. Therefore, most of newlinethe students face anxiety and the time of solving problems in geometry. This type of newlineanxiety often caused by having a negative attitude due to a previous bad experience and newlinelack of knowledge and depth of the subject matter. Anxiety creates nervousness in the newlinemind and destroy the concentration over the problem. Anxiety and phobia are newlinedemoralised students mind and it affects the performance badly and as a result of it newlineachievement is reduced. The relationship between mathematics anxiety and newlineperformance indicates that if mathematics anxiety increases, then mathematics newlineperformance decreases. That means anxiety and achievement are inversely proportion newlineto each other. Different factors are responsible for anxiety in geometry such as teachers newlineattitude and wrong teaching techniques, unhealthy teacher-student relationship, newlinemisbehaviour of the teacher, lack of practice, lack of patience, lack of motivation and newlineperseverance, avoidance of the subject, social position, gender variation, negative newlineattitude of the students about geometry, lack of self-belief, lower confidence,