Relationship between Effective Teaching Strategies and Academic Performance of Students in Public and Private Sectors Schools

Abstract

The current paper aims at measuring the relationship between teaching strategies and academic performance of 5^th to 7^th graders elementary school students of public and private schools of Swat=160 students comprising from each grade of both public and private school were taken to be a part of study by convenient sampling procedure N=40 teachers 20 each from public and private schools through convenient sampling were selected for the study. Government primary school no 1 elementary section Swat and Smart School System and City School Swat were all selected as sampling schools for the study.t- test independent sampling was used to compare both sector students on the basis of Purdue teacher rating scale of academic performance. Teaching strategies of teachers was assessed by Effective teaching Evaluation Scale. The hypothesis of the study that eclectic approach will be preferred more by Private school teachers in their teaching process was analyzed to be significant with t test value of 6.29 being significant at p <.01.The mean value of private school students on Purdue teacher rating scale of academic performance was found to better than public school students with a value difference of 2.96 of private students and 1.92 of public school students on the subscale of Social study. Overall the research findings significantly supported all the hypothesis of the current study.