RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TEACHERS PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE AND STUDENT MATHEMATICS ACHIEVEMENT AMONG SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN CHANCHAGA LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Abstract

The study was purposed to study was to find out relationship between teachers’ professional knowledge and senior secondary school students’ in mathematics Academic Achievement in Chanchga Local Government. The describe approaches based on the constructivism theory which stresses the importance of joint planning, analysis of learner’s needs, and formulation of learning objectives based on the needs and interests of the students’ (Richards and Rodgers, 2014) was adopted. The researcher reviewed teachers’ general professional knowledge about teaching, their demonstration of their Professional knowledge and their understanding of the Professional knowledge. The researcher adopts descriptive quantitative Survey, and correlational research design. Three research questions and hypothesis were raised to guide this study, Data were analyzed using SPSS statistical tools, Pearson product-moment correlations, multiple regression, and other statistical techniques. The researcher evaluates the teachers’ professional knowledge and skill using Likert scale structure questionnaire and it relationships with their students’ academic achievement in mathematics using correlational regression. Participants in this study were senior secondary school mathematics science teachers and students in 12 senior secondary schools in Chanchaga Local Government (N = 49, 900). A statistical level of p < .05 was used for all tests conducted, the number of the study was indicated and the positive correlation relationship between teachers’ professional knowledge and skills on students’ academic achievement in mathematics was found, relationship between teachers teaching methodology and students’ academic achievement and teachers’ students’ knowledge at (r= 0.265, 0.147, 0.147 respectively), the result The study therefore concludes that teachers’ professional knowledge and skills, teachers’ teaching methodology and student’ knowledge influences students’ academic achievement. Therefore, school management should organize seminars to enlighten teachers on the advantage of innovative and creative teaching, supporting activities that are geared towards innovation enhancement.