Teacher Quality Factors as Determinant of Students’ Achievement in Mathematics

Abstract

This paper tries to find out the effect of teacher quality factors on students achievement in Mathematics. The teacher qualities that were considered in the study include teachers’ experience, qualification motivation interest satisfaction and teaching techniques. The data for the study were collected through the questionnaires designed for the teachers and students result collected. Analysis of variance (ANOVA) and regression analysis were used to analyze the data. It was found out that all the teacher qualities considered in the study determine the achievement of student in Mathematics to a large extent.

Keywords: Teacher Quality, Achievement, Motivation, Teachers’ Qualification, Experience