Degree of Government High School Teachers' Effectiveness And Its Relationship with Students’ Motivation of Achievement from Students' Point of View

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2001
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خالد حسن الحاج محمود خضر
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This study aimed at identifying degree of high school teachers' effectiveness, in Jenin Governorate, from the students' point of view, and the effect of sex, grade, stream, average in first semester, place of school,and academic discipline variables on teacher's effectiveness. Furthermore, the study sought to reveal the relationship between the teacher's effectiveness and the students' moti vation of achievement. The study also endeavored to identify the score, students, in Jenin Governorate public high schools, obtained in their responses to motivation of achievement test and the effect of student's sex, grade and average in the first semester on his/her achievement. The population of the study was public high school students in Jenin Governorate. The number of students (6,054) were distributed among 61 schools in the second semester of school academic year 2000/2001. The sample of the study consisted of 622 male and female students (10%). To achieve the aims of the study, the researcher developed a questionnaire that measured the teacher's effectiveness. The questionnaire's 70-items were distributed among the following domains: communication and contact with students; method of instruction;teacher's belonging to his/her profession; teacher's competency in teaching his/her discipline; teacher's personal qualities; teachers interaction with the local community; teacher's method of evaluation and teacher's belief in the educational policy. To ensure its validity, the instrument was showed to eight referees at An-Najah N. University. By using Cronbach Alpha equation, reliability coefficient of the questionnaire was calculated and the total reliability coefficient amounted to 0.91, high enough to meet the purposes of the study. The researcher also used the Motivation of Achievement Test, translated and adapted for Arab environment by Abdel FattahMusa.It was also used by a number of researchers in a number of Arab countries. The test had a high degree of validity (0.86) , thus meeting the purposes of the study. To answer and test the questions and hypotheses of the studyrespectively, the researcher used arithmetic means, percentages, evaluation degree, t-test and ANOVA. Findings of Study: After statistical processing of data, it was found that public high school teachers in Jenin governorate had a high degree effectiveness according to students. The percentage of response average was 72.6%. It was also found that there was statistically significant relationship between teacher's effectiveness and student's motivation of achievement. However, no statistically significant differences, concerning teachers effectiveness, were found between male and female students. Concerning teacher's effectiveness, statistically significant differences were found between first secondary class students and second secondary class students in favor of the latter. However, no differences were found, concerning teachers' effectiveness, between literary and scientific stream students, city and village students, and science and non-science teachers which may be attributed to student's average. There were also no differences, in motivation of achievement, between male and female students, between first and secondary class students, between scientific and literary stream students, and between village and city students. Finally, it was found that there were differences, in motivation of achievement, among students, which may be attributed to average. The differences were mainly between average category of 60% and less and 90% and higher in favor of the latter, and between 60% - 69% averages and 90% and higher and 80% - 89% in favor of 90% and higher and 80% - 89%, and between 70% - 79% average and 90% and higher and 80% - 89% in favor of 70% - 79% average.
This study aimed at identifying degree of high school teachers' effectiveness, in Jenin Governorate, from the students' point of view, and the effect of sex, grade, stream, average in first semester, place of school,and academic discipline variables on teacher's effectiveness. Furthermore, the study sought to reveal the relationship between the teacher's effectiveness and the students' moti vation of achievement. The study also endeavored to identify the score, students, in Jenin Governorate public high schools, obtained in their responses to motivation of achievement test and the effect of student's sex, grade and average in the first semester on his/her achievement. The population of the study was public high school students in Jenin Governorate. The number of students (6,054) were distributed among 61 schools in the second semester of school academic year 2000/2001. The sample of the study consisted of 622 male and female students (10%). To achieve the aims of the study, the researcher developed a questionnaire that measured the teacher's effectiveness. The questionnaire's 70-items were distributed among the following domains: communication and contact with students; method of instruction;teacher's belonging to his/her profession; teacher's competency in teaching his/her discipline; teacher's personal qualities; teachers interaction with the local community; teacher's method of evaluation and teacher's belief in the educational policy. To ensure its validity, the instrument was showed to eight referees at An-Najah N. University. By using Cronbach Alpha equation, reliability coefficient of the questionnaire was calculated and the total reliability coefficient amounted to 0.91, high enough to meet the purposes of the study. The researcher also used the Motivation of Achievement Test, translated and adapted for Arab environment by Abdel FattahMusa.It was also used by a number of researchers in a number of Arab countries. The test had a high degree of validity (0.86) , thus meeting the purposes of the study. To answer and test the questions and hypotheses of the studyrespectively, the researcher used arithmetic means, percentages, evaluation degree, t-test and ANOVA. Findings of Study: After statistical processing of data, it was found that public high school teachers in Jenin governorate had a high degree effectiveness according to students. The percentage of response average was 72.6%. It was also found that there was statistically significant relationship between teacher's effectiveness and student's motivation of achievement. However, no statistically significant differences, concerning teachers effectiveness, were found between male and female students. Concerning teacher's effectiveness, statistically significant differences were found between first secondary class students and second secondary class students in favor of the latter. However, no differences were found, concerning teachers' effectiveness, between literary and scientific stream students, city and village students, and science and non-science teachers which may be attributed to student's average. There were also no differences, in motivation of achievement, between male and female students, between first and secondary class students, between scientific and literary stream students, and between village and city students. Finally, it was found that there were differences, in motivation of achievement, among students, which may be attributed to average. The differences were mainly between average category of 60% and less and 90% and higher in favor of the latter, and between 60% - 69% averages and 90% and higher and 80% - 89% in favor of 90% and higher and 80% - 89%, and between 70% - 79% average and 90% and higher and 80% - 89% in favor of 70% - 79% average.
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