Class Size: Its Influence To Faculty Evaluation By Students

Abstract

The study attempted to find if there is an influence of class size to Faculty Evaluation by Students. Specifically it sought to determine if physics class size has an influence to physics, statistics, mathematics and information technology - teacher’s evaluation by student’s accord­ing to a. Mastery, preparation, organization and presentation of subject matter; b. Communication and teaching skills; c. Classroom manage­ment and d. Personal qualities, punctuality and attendance.

The result of the research could be used to improve the perform­ance of teachers in mathematics, information technology, statistics and physics. From the result, the factor of teacher’s evaluation by students that could be significantly influenced by the class size could be consid­ered in the preparation of faculty loadings made every semester. Appro­priate class size that would give a better performance of faculty in each area could be recommended.

The findings of the study show that the higher the class size, the lower the evaluation rating on: a) Mastery, preparation, organiza­tion and presentation of subject matter; b) Communication and teaching skills; c) Classroom management and d) Personal qualities, punctuality and attendance of physics and information technology teachers. It was also seen the higher the class size the lower the evaluation rate on mas­tery, preparation, organization and presentation of subject matter; and Personal qualities, punctuality and attendance of statistics teachers. The higher the class size the lower the evaluation rating on mastery, prepa­ration, organization and presentation of subject matter of mathematics teachers.

It is therefore concluded that class size has a significant influ­ence on physics and information technology - teacher’s evaluation by student’s according to: a). Mastery, preparation, organization and pres­entation of subject matter; b). Communication and teaching skills; c). Classroom management and d). Personal qualities, punctuality and at­tendance.

Class size has a significant effect to mathematics - teacher’s evaluation by students according to mastery, preparation, organization and presentation of subject matter. Class size has a significant influence on statistics - teacher’s evaluation by students according to mastery, preparation, organization and presentation of subject matter; and on per­sonal qualities, punctuality and attendance.