Influence of Teachers’ Behavior on Students Academic Achievement at Secondary Level

Abstract

Teachers are the role models for their students and their behavior significantly influence students’ personal and academic life. Keeping in view the significant influence of teachers on the students’ academic achievement, the study aimed to investigate the influence of teachers’ behavior on students’ academic achievement at secondary level. The objectives of the study were to investigate teachers’ behavior, find out its influence on students’ academic achievement and recommend procedures for improvement of teachers’ behavior at secondary level. Population of the study was 1871 male secondary school teachers in District Swat. A sample of 320 teachers was selected with simple random sampling for the study. A questionnaire was developed, validated and pilot tested for the data collection. The data were collected with selfadministered questionnaires and analyzed with mean scores, standard deviations, Chi-square and Linear regression. The study found positive behavior of teachers for teaching, teachers love their profession, prepared themselves for taking classes, use teaching aids, supportive and encouraging for students, motivate students for learning and provided conducive classroom environment for learning. Students were found motivated for doing well in exams, set high academic
standards for themselves, complete assigned tasks in time, try hard for getting good marks in board exams, use internal exams for preparation of board exams, loved competition in exams and show good results in board exams. The regression analysis showed the significant influence of teachers’ behavior on students’ academic achievement. The study recommended measures for improvement of teachers’ behavior and identified areas for future research.