Abstract
This paper analyzed the relationship between Mathematics Anxiety and Calculus Achievement among engineering students. The sample consists of 148 (116 males and 32 females) year one students of Waziri Umaru Federal Polytechnic, Birnin, Kebbi. Pearson correlation, paired samples t-test and Independent sample t-test were used to analyze data using SPSS version 20.0. The results obtained showed that Mathematics anxiety has insignificant negative correlation with Calculus achievement. It was also gathered that gender difference in Mathematics anxiety is significant while gender difference in Calculus achievement is not significant. Females exhibit high anxiety than males.
Key words: Mathematics anxiety, calculus, Mathematics performance, achievement.