Mathematics anxiety, attitude and performance among secondary school students in Kenya

Mathematics anxiety and attitude have a great influence on mathematics performance. This article presents an analysis of the relationship between anxiety, The study adopted correlational research design. is based responses 367 students who were randomly selected from 55 secondary schools. An adapted Anxiety Scale (MAS) Attitude towards Inventory (ATMI) used. performance grades for also gathered teachers whereby list that contained students’ marks admission numbers easier linkage with individual student questionnaire. data analyzed using scatter plot diagram to give outline Spearman’s correlation coefficient find out whether there significant There was positive linear (r= 0.538, p< 0.05). negative -0.723, 0.05).  shows correlates which later students, hence two variables should be given appropriate attention produce better results in terms   Key words: attitude,