Abstract:
The study examined teachers' motivation as correlates of pupils' academic performance in basic science. One research question and three hypotheses were raised and formulated to guide the study. The population comprised all primary school teachers and pupils 293 teachers' participated in the study with all primary five pupils' of 32 schools were used. The instrument Teachers' Motivation Question (TMQ),(r=.80) achievement Test was obtained to examine the performance in basic science. Eight experts validated the instrument while frequency count, mean and percentage was used to analyze the research question while independent sample t-test and PPMC were used to test the null hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. Findings revealed that there was no significant relationship between teachers' motivation and pupils' academic performance in Basic Science. Recommendation, the government body in charge of teacher welfares' should ensure that teachers are motivated so that it will promote teaching and learning of basic science
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