Professional Competence of Teachers in Relation to Students Academic Performance in Mathematics

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

This study investigated the aspects of the professional competence of mathematics teachers in relation to students' academic performance. Specifically, the study had an overview of the aspects of the professional competence of mathematics teachers as perceived by both teachers and students in the district of Tagkawayan. the extent of the rank orders of the different aspects of professional competence as follows: Communication skills, Mathematical skills and critical thinking skills, Sustainable use of resources, productivity, development of self and sense of community, and expanding one's world vision.

METHODS

The descriptive inferential -correlational method of research was utilized to come-up to the reliable findings with documentary analysis.

RESULTS

1. Communication skills (3.77), mathematical skills and critical thinking skills (3.66), Sustainable use of resources (3.37), productivity (3.63), development of self and sense of community (3.60), and lastly expanding one's world vision (3.28), with a total mean percentage of 3.65 and an interpretation of "Much Evident" Kendall coefficient of concordance was used to determine the agreement on the rank order of the different aspects of professional competence. The coefficient of concordance w obtained the following results, whereas the computed value for Communication skills obtained was 0.38410 and 13.8276 (p>0.05), Mathematical skills and critical thinking skills gained 0.38391 and 13.82076 (p>0.05), sustainable use of resources obtained 0.30645 and 11.0322 (p>0.05), productivity gained 0.36303 and 13.06908 (p>0.05), development of self and sense of community obtained 0.36493 and 13.13748 (p>0.05), and lastly expanding one's world vision gained 0.70099 and 25.23564 (p<0.05).

The students' academic performance for the first and second grading obtained the following average Mean proficiency level of 83.33 with the corresponding interpretation of Satisfactory.

DISCUSSIONS

The result of the study suggests that teachers must continuously upgrade themselves in the current trends of education, learn how to deal with students, undergo more training in the field of mathematics, but most importantly, teachers must earn a master’s degree in their field of specialization so as to improve students’ academic performance in mathematics.