Perceived Influence of Instructional Supervision on Teacher’s Classroom Performance in Public Primary Schools in the Owerri Educational Zone of Imo State, Nigeria

Abstract

The study was carried out with the basic need of identifying the influence of instructional supervision on classroom performance of teachers at the primary school using Owerri Educational Zone. Four research questions and three hypotheses were formulated to achieve the stated purpose. A researcher's made modified likert type questionnaire consisting of Thirty Three items was used. A purposive sampling technique was used to sample six hundred and ninety seven teachers in the areas of study. The result of the analysis showed that Supervision of instruction influenced teachers’ classroom performance, some factors-hinders effective supervision of instruction, Teachers in the areas of study had negative attitude towards supervision of instruction. Supervised teachers perform better than the teachers that are not supervised.

LWATI: A Journal of Contemporary Research, 8(4), 55-63, 2011