The Effects of Anxiety on Computer-assisted Learning

Résumé du livre

The nature of anxiety is considered in historical perspective, and the concepts of trait and state anxiety are discussed. Methods for measuring these constructs are also described. In addition, hypothesis about the effects of anxiety on learning were formulated in terms of Spence-Taylor Drive Theory and Spielberger's Trait-State Anxiety Theory, and tested in two experiments on the effects of anxiety on computer-assisted learning. It was found in these studies that state anxiety was a better predictor of performance than trait anxiety, and that performance was an interactive function of A-State and task difficulty. Some important implications for the classroom teacher of research on anxiety and learning were discussed. (Author).