FACTORS AFFECTING MATHEMATICS TEACHING EFFICIENCY OF UPPER SECONDARY EDUCATION TEACHERS IN SCHOOLS UNDER THE SECONDARY EDUCATION SERVICE AREA OFFICE 1

Abstract

The purposes of this research were (1) to study the relationships of mathematics anxiety, self-efficacy on mathematics teaching of teacher, mathematics instructional atmosphere, and teacher-student relationship with mathematics teaching efficiency of upper secondary education teachers in schools under the Secondary Education Service Area Office 1; and (2) to create a predicting equation for mathematics teaching efficiency of upper secondary education teachers in schools under the Secondary Education Service Area Office 1. The research sample consisted of 129 mathematics teachers of upper secondary education level in schools under the Secondary Education Service Area Office 1 obtained by stratified random sampling. The research instruments were a questionnaire on mathematics anxiety, a questionnaire on self-efficacy on mathematics teaching of teacher, a questionnaire on mathematics instructional atmosphere, a questionnaire on teacher-student relationship, and a questionnaire on mathematics teaching efficiency.  Statistics for data analysis were the correlation coefficient and hierarchical stepwise multiple regression analysis. The research findings revealed that (1) the relationship between 4 independent variables and dependent variable were -0.385, 0.652, 0.458 and 0.541 respectively, all of which were significant at the .01 level; and (2) results of hierarchical stepwise multiple regression analysis showed that the four independent variables could be combined to explain the variance of dependent variable by 55.5% (r² = 0.555) which was at the high level and significant at the .01 level. The predicting equations in raw score form and standard score form were as follows:

Teaching´ = – 0.343 – 0.016(Anxiety) + 0.531(Self-Efficacy) + 0.160(Environment) + 0.388(Relationships)

Z´_Teaching =  – 0.017(Z_Anxiety) + 0.485(Z_{Self- Efficacy}) + 0.156(Z_Environment) + 0.298(Z_{Relationships})