Development and Validation of Instrument for Students’ Appraisal of Teachers’ Instructional Effectiveness in Secondary Schools in Akwa Ibom State.

Abstract

This study was conducted to develop and validate instrument for students’ appraisal of teachers’ instructional effectiveness in secondary schools in Akwa Ibom State. Two research questions were raised to guide the study. The population of the study was 50914 SS2 students in public secondary schools in Akwa Ibom State. A sample of 1021 students was selected for the study using multi-stage sampling technique. The instrument developed by the researcher was titled Students’ Appraisal of Teachers’ Instructional Effectiveness Scale (SATIES). Subtest- total correlation was used to establish construct validity for the instrument. Cronbach Alpha statistics was used to establish the reliability of the instrument which yielded a coefficient of 0.882. It was recommended among others that school supervisors should make use of the instrument in appraising teachers to get a clear picture of the classroom activities of a particular teacher.