THE INFLUENCE OF TEACHERS MOTIVATION ON STUDENTS ACHIEVEMENT IN COMMERCIAL COURSES IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN KANO STATE
Auwal Said MAHMOUD , Sulaiman Umar and Murtala Muhmmad Ahmed, PhD
Volume 2 Issue 2
Abstract
This study focused on the influence of teachers’ motivation on students’ achievement in commercial courses in secondary schools in Kano State. Three research objectives were resaid, three research questions were answered and two null hypotheses were tested for the study. This study used survey descriptive design. The population is; made up of sixty-two (62) commercial teachers in three commercial secondary schools in Kano State. The whole population were used as a sampled size of the study. The instrument used for data collection was Influence of teachers’ motivation on students’ achievement in commercial courses in secondary schools in Kano State designed by the researchers was used as an instrument for data collection of the study. The instrument was vetted by four experts in research. The reliability coefficient obtained was 0.89. The research questions were answered using mean and standard deviation. Regression analysis was used in testing all the null hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. The analysis of the data yielded that Regular promotion by teachers enhanced the students’ achievement so as to help the teachers acquire more knowledge and skills to perform better students` achievement in learning commercial courses of study Kano State commercial secondary schools. On the basis of the findings the research concluded that regular promotion by teachers helps assist and guide the teachers to improve their performance regardless of their gender differences. The researchers made some recommendations which include Regular promotion by teachers on students’ achievement should be provided by the school authority so as to help the teachers to acquire more attitudes, knowledge and skills to perform better on students` achievement in learning commercial courses of study in commercial secondary schools in Kano State. Keywords: Commercial Courses, Commercial Secondary Schools, Motivation, Students’ Achievement and Teachers’ Motivation
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