TEACHERS’ EFFECTIVENESS AND PRE-SERVICE TEACHERS SATISFACTION IN LEARNING PRIMARYMATHEMATICS

Abstract

This study investigated Analysis of teacher effectiveness and pre service teacher’s satisfaction in learning Mathematics in Owerri municipal council of Imo- State. Based on the objectives of the study three hypotheses were formulated and tested at 0.05 level of significant. Descriptive survey research design was adopted in carrying out the study. The population of the study involved all 1,014 pre service teachers in school of early childhood care and primary education. A sample of 350 pre-service teachers was selected through a simple sampling procedure. The instruments used for data collection were Teacher Effectiveness Inventory (TEI) and Mathematics Satisfaction Questionnaire (MSQ). The validity of the instruments was determined by two experts in mathematics education and three experts in measurement and Evaluation. The reliability of the instruments was determined using test retest method which yielded reliability coefficients of 0.93 and 0.87 respectively. Data collected were analyzed using multiple regression analysis. The results revealed that out of the six variables, the five variables contribute significantly to pre service teacher’s satisfaction in learning Mathematics. Therefore, it was recommended that teachers should be made to improve the skills involved in all the independent variables involved in this study through regular seminars, workshops, teachers retraining and in-service programmes.