TEACHING EFFECTIVENESS AS CORRELATE OF ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT IN SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE IN ADAMAWA STATE, NIGERIA

Ahmed SaiduGatugelDepartment of General StudiesSchool of General Education

 FederalCollege of Education, Yola

ABSTRACT

The study correlated the effectiveness of teaching with students’ academic performance in English language in senior secondary school, Adamawa state. However, the study purposively take Yola education zone out of four education zone in the state as study area and sampled 117 English language teachers across the 63 public senior secondary schools in Yolaeducation zone, Adamawa state. The study used “English Teacher Teaching Effectiveness Evaluation Scale (ETTEFS)” for data collection, by issued out a copy for the vice principal academic to serve as school based evaluator for the respective English language teacher in their schools. The average students’ performances in English language in the last promotion examination for those students taught by the participating English teachers were also recorded at average of 10 students per teachers. The structured questionnaire was used as instrument for data collection. Data collected were analyzed using Pearson Product Moment Correlation at 0.05 significant level. The study found that teachers’ lesson planning effectiveness, teachers’ lesson delivery, teachers’ use of instructional materials and classroom management are all significantly related with students’ performance in English language. The study recommends for more teachers training and provision of instructional materials for the support of English teachers.

Keywords: Teaching effectiveness, Academic achievement.