TEACHERS’ QUALITY AND STUDENTS’ ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IN TECHNICAL DRAWING IN POLYTECHNICS
Keywords:
Performance, Polytechnics, Quality, Teacher, Technical DrawingAbstract
The study examined the influence of teachers’ quality on polytechnic students’ academic performance in technical drawing in Edo and Delta States, Nigeria. The study was guided by two research questions and one null hypothesis. The population consisted of 1,917 students and their 27 lecturers in six public polytechnics under study. Using a proportionate sampling technique, a sample of 575 students were selected which represented 30% of total number of students, and the entire 27 Technical drawing lecturers were used for the study. The data were collected using two instruments titled "Technical Drawing Teachers’ Quality Questionnaire (TDTQQ), and Technical Drawing Achievement Test (TDAT) which were developed by the authors and face-validated by three specialists (Technical Education and Test and Measurement) in Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma. To ensure content validity of the TDAT, a table of specification was built for the test. Mean, standard deviation, Pearson Product Moment Correlation were used to answer the research questions and Binary Logistic Regression was used to test the null hypothesis at .05 probability level of significance. Findings indicated that the students’ performance in technical drawing was very poor. It was also revealed that there was a significant but negative correlation and relationship between teachers’ quality and students’ academic performance. The teacher’s quality had a greater influence (x2 = 40.294, r2 =.091) on academic performance of students. It was recommended among others that technical drawing teachers should acquire adequate knowledge and skills in pedagogy of teaching.
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