Effectiveness of Teacher’s Teaching Strategies on Academic Performance of Selected Grade 12 General Academic Strand Students in Bestlink College of the Philippines

Abstract

This discussion focused on the impact of effective teaching strategies on the student’s academic performance and learning outcome, along with the researcher’s own experiences. A teacher plays a vital role within few hours in the classroom by delivering the daily specific planned content, which is a part of the curriculum for a specific grade. The teacher plans out the content and uses effective strategies to teach. Teachers must have a passion for learning and teaching to understand the needs and interests of the students. The main aim of this study was to determine the effects of the teachers’ teaching strategies on the academic performance of selected Grade 12 General Academic Strand students in Bestlink College of the Philippines, S.Y. 2019–2020. The study used a quantitative descriptive research design. The results of this study showed that the effects of the teachers’ teaching strategies on the academic performance of the students in terms of attention had a weighted mean of 3.5 for male respondents with the verbal interpretation of highly effective and 4.25 for female respondents with the verbal interpretation of highly effective. In terms of motivation, the weighted means were 3.83 for male respondents with the verbal interpretation of highly effective and 4.27 for female respondents with the verbal interpretation of highly effective. In terms of class participation, the weighted means were 3.71 for male respondents and 4.2 for female respondents, both of which had a verbal interpretation of highly effective. With the overall weighted means of 3.68 for male respondents with the verbal interpretation of highly effective and 4.24 for female respondents with the verbal interpretation of highly effective, both groups agreed regarding the effects on the academic performance of the students in terms of attention, motivation, and class participation. Based on the findings of the study and the conclusions that were drawn, the following recommendations were forwarded: provide a good quality of teaching, be a good role model to the students, enhance the skills of the students, do an activity before the start of the class, cooperate in every activity, be responsible as students, do all activities or performance, listen to your teacher while he/she discussing, respect your teachers inside your classroom, and do all activities that your teacher gives you.