Professional Skills among Mathematics Instructors in Relation to Students’ Performance

Abstract

This study aimed to determine the professional skills among instructors in mathematics in relation to the performance of students at Jose Rizal Memorial State
College campuses namely:JRMSC, Main; JRMSC, Dipolog; JRMSC, Katipunan and JRMSC, Tampilisan, during the first semester of School Year 2008 – 2009. The study revealed that there was no significant difference between the ratings of the mathematics instructors and the student respondents on professional skills. This implies that their perception of the teaching skills, management skills, and evaluation skills are of the same degree and at a certain level. The study revealed further that mathematics instructors and instructors in mathematics were very much skillful along teaching and management but much skillful in evaluation skill practices. Thus, the students’ performance in mathematics subject was good. It was also revealed that there was a positive significant relationship but slight correlation on the level of performance of the students and the professional skills of mathematics instructors the performance of students in Mathematics depends on the teaching, management and evaluation skills of instructors in Mathematics. Thus, there should be seminar – workshop conducted to upgrade the professional skills of Mathematics instructors.