Teachers' Behavior: How It Can Affect the Students' Performance in Dimasalang Senior High School

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

One main thing that defines a student is when they struggle in school. Many students have problems when it comes in paying attention in class. Dealing with more than five teachers a day is what the students everyday life is. Each teacher has their own unique behavior, some are strict and some are friendly. This research looks into how teacher’s behavior can affect the students’ performance in Dimasalang Senior High School.

METHODS

The study used non-experimental design specifically descriptive design to describe the behaviors of the teachers inside the class and how it can affect the students' performance. The study was analyzed based on the questionnaires given to the Senior High School students including the interview to the 3 students. Structured survey questionnaires and semi-structured interview were used to gather data from the respondents.

RESULTS

Senior High Teachers' behavior comprises of three distinct components of behavior: Interaction of the teachers' towards the students, being kind/strict of the teachers inside the class, the charity of discussing the lesson and the pacing. Based on the respondents answers these are the positive behaviors of the teachers: the teachers are kind, they teach well in the class, understanding and caring. Some of the notable negative behaviors of the teachers are: some teachers teach unrelated topic, they are sometimes distracted by their personal agenda and a lot of students said that some teachers are strict. The study found out that the teachers’ behavior do not significantly affect the students’ performance.

DISCUSSIONS

The results show that the teachers' of Dimasalang Senior High School have a good behavior in class for instance they teach well in class and they are kind. And with positive behaviors of the teachers, the students also have a good performance in class. Despite the negative behaviors of the teachers, the students said that it does not affect their performance in class, instead they take it as their motivation to do more, improve their grades and performance inside the class.