Effect of Metacognitive Thinking on Test Anxiety of Students

n investigation was made to study the effect of metacognitive thinking on test anxiety of students. The sample of present study consisted of 200 cases. Participants (100 Boys and 100 Girls) were randomly selected and their age range was between 20-25 years who were pursuing post graduation. Metacognitive Thinking Scale by Sandhu and Goel (2010) and Test Anxiety Scale by Sharma (1980) were used. 't-test' was employed to see the effect of metacognitive thinking on test anxiety. The result indicates that there is significant effect of metacognitive thinking on test anxiety (t = 3.31, p < .01). It is observed with the present finding that the students of high metacognitive thinking are low in test anxiety in compared to students with low metacognitive thinking.