“The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.”

– William A. Ward

GOAL: Students will be aware if the different

qualities of a teacher affect their academic performance

OBJECTIVES: To enumerate the possible effects of the

teachers’ qualities on the students’ academic performance.

To determine the qualities of the teachers that affect the students’ academic performance.

To find out the best and worst qualities that a teacher may have for a student.

SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY: Teachers and students will be able to

understand as to how certain qualities of the teacher can affect the latter and the possible effects

SCOPE AND LIMITATIONS: Limited to SPCP fourth year high school

students of school year 2008-2009 The study will discuss the different

qualities of a teacher that can affect a student’s academic performance and how it affects the academic performance

There are certain qualities of a speaker that lets the audience feel more motivated to listen and to learn more

There are also qualities of the speaker that hinder or discourage the audience to listen or to care about the speaker or what he/she is saying

Qualities of an ideal speaker: Conversational Open Accessible Knowledgeable Confident Entertaining Humble

Research method: Descriptive research method Research design: Survey Research Instrument: Questionnaire Sample Population: DITE Faculty No. of respondents: 198 (out of 391) Margin of error: 5%

FIGURE 1. Do you have a favorite teacher?

FIGURE 2. What do you like him/her? He/she is:

90 & above73.86%

85-89 23.86%

80-84 2.27%

79 & below 0%

FIGURE 3. How is your academic performance in his/her class specifically, your grade?

FIGURE 4. Do you have a least favorite teacher?

YES 75.97%

NO 24.03%

FIGURE 5. What don’t you like about him/her? He/she is:

FIGURE 6. How is your academic performance in his/her class specifically, your grade?

90 & above 16.49%

85-89 25.77%

80-84 45.36%

79 & below 12.37%

FIGURE 7. In your opinion, what are the qualities of an ideal teacher? He/she is:

FIGURE 8. Do you think you will do better in class if a teacher has the ideal qualities that you have checked above?

YES 100%

NO 0%

Conclusion: Certain qualities of a teacher can

have a positive or a negative effect which can be directed to the academic performance of a student