RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN BIOLOGY TEACHERS’ MOTIVATION AND ACADEMIC PERFORMACE OF STUDENTS IN BIOLOGY IN KOGI WEST SENATORIAL DISTRICT

Abstract

This research assessed the relationship between Biology teachers’ motivation and academic performance on senior school students in Biology in Kogi West Senatorial District, Nigeria. Descriptive survey research was adopted for the study. A total of one hundred and twenty (120) Biology teachers were randomly sampled from seven (7) local Government Areas(LGA) out of twenty-one LGAs(21) in Kogi West Senatorial District. Total numbers of 93 seniorsecondary schoolswere covered. Three research questions and two hypotheses guided the study. A questionnaire was used as an instrument for data collection and the data were analysed using frequency, mean and standard deviation while PPMC was used to test hypothesis 1 and ttest was used to test hypotheses 2 and 3. The result of the study revealed that Biology teachers’ motivation have significant relationship with senior school students’ performance while school type and gender also has influence on the relationship. Recommendations made were that; the government should motivate the biology teachers based on the gender and school type.