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Influence Of Teachers’ Characteristics On Students’ Academic Performance In Biology
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CHAPTER FIVE
DISCUSSION, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION
In this chapter, the results presented in chapter four are summarized and discussed. The implications of the study are stated, and conclusions are drawn, based on the findings of this study. Also, recommendations and suggestions are articulated to encourage further studies.
Discussion
The first finding of the study revealed thatmajority of biology teachers agreed that teachers’ attitude influence students’ academic performance in biology(55%). This implies that the attitude of teachers towards the learners have a great significant influence on their learning outcome. This is similar to the findings of Yara, (2009) that teachers’ attitude and his method of teaching can greatly influence the students.
The second finding of the study revealed that majority of biology teachers agreed that teachers’ qualification influence students’ academic performance in biology (50%). This implies that a well-qualified and certified teacher can bring out the best in student when compared to the unqualified teacher. However, that teachers teaching qualification have no significant difference with the student academic performance. This is in line with the findings of Huang and Moon (2009) who documented that teachers’ qualification account for approximately 40 to 60 percent of the variance in average of students’ achievement in assessment.
It was found that there is relationship between teachers’ academic year of teaching and students’ academic performance in biology. Moreover it was also find that teachers teaching experience have no significant difference with the student academic performance. This is in line with Stringfield and Teddlie (2000), that experienced teachers are considered to be more able to concentrate on the most appropriate way to teach particular topics to students who differ in their abilities, prior knowledge and backgrounds. In similar bid Adeyemi (2008) exclaimed that the more experience teachers in a school system, the higher would be the recurrent cost of education.
The study also revealed that there is significant difference in the academic performance of student taught biology based on teachers’ gender, this finding is contrary to the work of Hacker (2001) who found that female students were more likely to initiate classroom discourse in classroom with male teachers, but no gender disparity in science achievement in favour of males resulted from differential treatment during science lessons.
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ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]ABSTRACTAcademic performance of students is the basis for achieving the general aims and objectives of education which is to provide integrated citizenry who will be useful to themselves and the society at large. In view of this, this study conducted an Influence of Teachers’ Characteristics on Students ‘Academic Performance in Biology in Selected Secondary Schools in Ilorin Metropolis. The descriptive research survey was adopted for the study. Simple random sampling technique was e ... Continue reading---
QUESTIONNAIRE - [ Total Page(s): 2 ]APPENDIX UNIVERSITY OF ILORIN, ILORIN NIGERIA FACULTY OF EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE EDUCATION QUESTIONNAIRE ON INFLUENCE OF TEACHERS’ CHARACTERISTICS ON STUDENTS’ ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IN BIOLOGY IN SELECTED SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN ILORIN METROPOLIS Dear Respondent, I am a student of the above-named university and department carrying out my research work on the Influence of Teachers’ Characteristics on Students’ Academic Performance in Biology in Selected Seco ... Continue reading---
LIST OF TABLES - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]LIST OF TABLETable 1: Showing the Influence of Teachers’ Attitude on Students’ Academic Performance in Biology Table 2: Showing the Influence Of Teachers’ Qualification On Students’ Academic Performance in Biology Table 3: Table Showing the Influence of Teachers’ Experience on Students’ Academic Performance in Biology. Table 4: Table of t-test to Analyze the Mean Score of Teachers Qualification on Students Academic Qua ... Continue reading---
TABLE OF CONTENTS - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]TABLE OF CONTENTSTitle Page Approval Page Dedication Acknowledgements Abstract Table of Contents List of tables CHAPTER ONEINTRODUCTIONBackground to the Study Statement of the Problem Purpose of the Study Research Questions Research hypotheses Scope of the Study Significance of the Study Clarifications of major Terms CHAPTER TWO REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE Science and Biology in Senior Secondary School ... Continue reading---
CHAPTER ONE - [ Total Page(s): 4 ]So on the grounds that some of these studies have not been able to combine the variables, this study is thus imperative to depart from the earlier studies in locale and content coverage. It is thus necessary and imperative to examine the relationship between teachers’ characteristics (of attitude, qualification, experience, as well as availability) and students’ academic performance in biology. Purpose of the StudyThe general purpose of this study is to establish the maxim between ... Continue reading---
CHAPTER TWO - [ Total Page(s): 10 ]Thus, it is becoming very clear that learning outcome is a comprehensive plan for measuring both academic performance/academic achievement and attitude. It is observed that majority of studies avoid the use of outcome. Measurement of outcome is considered most effective means of finding out information about students. On the other hand, the term “teacher characteristics†can be referred to as qualities that can be measured with tests or derived from their academic or professional rec ... Continue reading---
CHAPTER THREE - [ Total Page(s): 2 ]Patigi District Patigi secondary school, Patigi, Government Technical college, Patigi, Islamiyah College, Patigi, Etsu Ibrahim chatta secondary school, Patigi, Government secondary school, TankpafuLade District Community secondary school, lade, Government Day secondary school, Sakpefu, Government Secondary School, LalagiKpada DistrictGovernment secondary school, Kpada, Government secondary school, RogunResearch Instrumentation The main instrument that was used for data co ... Continue reading---
CHAPTER FOUR - [ Total Page(s): 5 ]Testing of HypothesesHOâ‚: There is no significant difference between the performances of students taught by biology teachers based on their qualification. The table above indicated that teachers teaching qualification have no significant difference with the student academic performance (.000) since the p-value is higher than 0.05 level of significance. Therefore,the null hypothesis was rejected.HOâ‚‚: There is no significant difference between the academic performances of students tau ... Continue reading---
REFRENCES - [ Total Page(s): 4 ]Tony, S. (2000, January 19). The test under stress.The New York Times, pp. 30.VanOostendorp, K. D. (2001). Effect of student gender bias toward the instructor on classroom management at the secondary level. (ERIC Document ReproductionService No. ED 346 191)Warwick, D. P., &Jatoi, H. (2004). Teacher’s gender and students’ achievement in Pakistan.Comparative Education Review.38(3).377-399.Wayne, A. J. &Youngs, P. (2003). Teacher characteristics and student’s achi ... Continue reading---
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ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]ABSTRACTAcademic performance of students is the basis for achieving the general aims and objectives of education which is to provide integrated citizenry who will be useful to themselves and the society at large. In view of this, this study conducted an Influence of Teachers’ Characteristics on Students ‘Academic Performance in Biology in Selected Secondary Schools in Ilorin Metropolis. The descriptive research survey was adopted for the study. Simple random sampling technique was e ... Continue reading---