Contribution of Achievement Motivation, Peer Support, Parental Variables and Test Anxiety to Students Academic Achievement in Secondary Schools of Ameya Woreda

Abstract

The objective of this study was to assess the contribution of achievement motivation, peer support, parental variables, and test anxiety to students’ academic achievement in secondary schools of ameya woreda southwest shoa zone. The study employed a correlational design to assess the association between the characteristics of the variables which contribute to students’ academic achievement in the study. The population of this study was 3756 students (male = 2308, and female=) 1448 respondent students (male =222 and female =140 were selected by stratified sampling technique. ‘The collected data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and regression analysis. The result revealed that achievement motivation contribution for students’ academic achievement is 34.3% (R2 =343, F=, 176.472 p<0.05). And the contribution of peer support to the academic achievement of secondary school students is 11.3 % (R2 =.113, F=43.226, P<0.05). Moreover, parental variables contribute 58.7% to students’ academic achievement R2 = 587, F=, 119.214, p<0.05). Finally, as the result indicated test anxiety contributes 33.5% to students’ academic achievement in achievement. Therefore, it can be concluded that Achievement motivation, peer support, parental variables, and test anxiety significantly predicted students’ academic achievement. It is recommended that Government, parents, school administration other stockholders should reconsider giving reasonable meaning to students’ academic achievement to increase achievement motivation, peer support, parental variables, and decrease test anxiety