Effect Of Teachers’ Motivation And Teaching Practices In Science Subjects At Secondary Level In Malakand Division

Abstract

 The current study was conducted with the aim to assess the effects of teaching practices on students’ academic achievement in at secondary level in Malakand division, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. For this purpose, the study selected all the secondary schools as a population of the study which includes; science teachers, students and school heads of Malakand division. A stratified random sampling technique was used and sample of the study was 200 secondary schools, 250 secondary school science 380 science students of class X and 20 school heads. To assess the effects of teaching practices on students’ academic achievement in Science subjects at secondary level, rating scales for teachers and interview schedule for school heads were used. It was found that there is statistically significant negative association between academic achievement and lecture method another finding show that there is statistically significant negative association between academic achievement and demonstration method.