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dc.contributor.authorWamala, Robert
dc.contributor.authorSeruwagi, Gerald
dc.date.accessioned2013-07-12T15:16:06Z
dc.date.available2013-07-12T15:16:06Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.identifier.citationWamala, R., Seruwagi, G. (2013). Teacher Competence And The Academic Achievement Of Sixth Grade Students In Uganda. Journal of International Education Research, 9(1)en_US
dc.identifier.issn2158-0979
dc.identifier.urihttp://journals.cluteonline.com/index.php/JIER/article/view/7503
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10570/1966
dc.description.abstractThe study investigates the influence of teacher competence on the academic achievement of sixth grade students in Uganda. The investigation is based on data sourced from the 2009 Southern African Consortium for Monitoring Education Quality (SACMEQ) survey comprising 5,148 records of sixth grade students enrolled in primary schools in Uganda. The percentage scores of students and teachers in reading and numeracy tests were adopted as measures of academic achievement and competence, respectively. The analysis was carried out using a multiple linear regression clustered by six geographical regions in Uganda — eastern, western, southern, northern, southwestern, and northeastern. In addition to teacher competency, students’ academic achievement in the various disciplines was modeled by the student characteristics of age, sex, rural-urban residence, class repetition status (any class), and length of pre-primary education. The results showed students’ high academic achievement in reading and numeracy was significantly associated with high teacher competency in the same disciplines. However, this generalization may not hold for all students in all countries because of variations in learner characteristics and the learning environment. Nevertheless, the findings suggest the need to strengthen teacher competence as a measure to enhance students’ academic achievement in formal education.en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherJournal of International Education Researchen_US
dc.subjectStudent Academic Achievement and Teacher Competencyen_US
dc.subjectAcademic Achievement of Sixth Grade Studentsen_US
dc.subjectUgandaen_US
dc.subjectTeacher competencyen_US
dc.titleTeacher Competence And The Academic Achievement Of Sixth Grade Students In Ugandaen_US
dc.typeJournal article, peer revieweden_US


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