Teachers Instructional Supervision and Students Academic Performance in Rwanda: A Case of Core Sciences Subjects in Lower Secondary Schools in Kayonza District
Abstract
The effective instructional supervision performed by teachers in school setting, play a significant role based on improvement of students academic performance.. Therefore, the objective of this paper was established the relationship between teachers instructional supervision and students academic performance in core science subjects in lower secondary schools. A correlational research design was applied. The target population was 1023 from whom a sample of 288 was chosen using simple random and purposive sampling techniques. Data collection tools used were interview, questionnaire. Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 22.0 was adopted for analyzing information. The findings revealed that 69.4% argue that always teachers are required to show evidences of the direct relationship between their teaching and their student progress; 53.1% reiterate that always teachers are requested to demonstrated the proper feedback they gave to students by showing how student have done, what they need to improve their learning and success; and 52.2% were asked to show their plan of actions. The findings also showed that81.1% agreed that they participate in chemistry lesson, 70.0% agreed that they understand chemistry subject and 60.4% attend chemistry lesson. A Pearson correlation coefficient presented the relationship between observation of lessons and students performance r=0.493, visiting classrooms and students performance r = 0.518 and checking records and students performance r = 0.360. This paper recommends that teachers must be equipped with skills that can help the students learn other than cram concepts. MINEDUC must provide funding and networking opportunity for schools and teachers in access modern training and materials for school management.
Key words: Instruction supervision, Learning, School Performance, Students academic performance, Supervision, Teaching.
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