Teachers Thinking Styles and Teacher Effectiveness: A Comparative Analysis at Secondary School Level
The prime goal of the study is to explore the 'Teachers Thinking Styles and Teacher Effectiveness: a comparative analysis at secondary school Level'. The study also determines comparison in views of male/female and urban/rural teacher about their thinking styles and teacher effectiveness. The study is descriptive. Two valid and reliable research tools were used, which were structured by the researcher himself. All male/female teachers in the secondary school of southern districts in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa constituted the population of the study. Stratified random sampling technique was adopted following Krejcie, and Morgan rule and 380 teachers were consulted for the collection of data. For analysis, Mean, SD, t-test and correlation were applied as suitable statistics. Findings of the study show a significant correlation between thinking styles and teacher effectiveness. The study also indicated an insignificant comparison in the views of male/female and urban/rural teachers about their thinking styles and teacher effectiveness.
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Teaching Effectiveness, Thinking Styles, Secondary School
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(1) Ijaz Muhammad
PhD Scholar, Department of Education, Qurtuba University of Science & Information Technology, D.I.Khan, KP, Pakistan.
(2) Muhammad Shah
Professor, Department of Education, Qurtuba University of Science & Information Technology, D.I.Khan, KP, Pakistan.
(3) Malik Amer Atta
Assistant Professor, Institute of Education and Research, Gomal University, D.I.Khan, KP, Pakistan.
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APA : Muhammad, I., Shah, M., & Atta, M. A. (2020). Teachers Thinking Styles and Teacher Effectiveness: A Comparative Analysis at Secondary School Level. Global Regional Review, V(II), 11-19. https://doi.org/10.31703/grr.2020(V-II).02
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CHICAGO : Muhammad, Ijaz, Muhammad Shah, and Malik Amer Atta. 2020. "Teachers Thinking Styles and Teacher Effectiveness: A Comparative Analysis at Secondary School Level." Global Regional Review, V (II): 11-19 doi: 10.31703/grr.2020(V-II).02
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HARVARD : MUHAMMAD, I., SHAH, M. & ATTA, M. A. 2020. Teachers Thinking Styles and Teacher Effectiveness: A Comparative Analysis at Secondary School Level. Global Regional Review, V, 11-19.
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MHRA : Muhammad, Ijaz, Muhammad Shah, and Malik Amer Atta. 2020. "Teachers Thinking Styles and Teacher Effectiveness: A Comparative Analysis at Secondary School Level." Global Regional Review, V: 11-19
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MLA : Muhammad, Ijaz, Muhammad Shah, and Malik Amer Atta. "Teachers Thinking Styles and Teacher Effectiveness: A Comparative Analysis at Secondary School Level." Global Regional Review, V.II (2020): 11-19 Print.
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OXFORD : Muhammad, Ijaz, Shah, Muhammad, and Atta, Malik Amer (2020), "Teachers Thinking Styles and Teacher Effectiveness: A Comparative Analysis at Secondary School Level", Global Regional Review, V (II), 11-19
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TURABIAN : Muhammad, Ijaz, Muhammad Shah, and Malik Amer Atta. "Teachers Thinking Styles and Teacher Effectiveness: A Comparative Analysis at Secondary School Level." Global Regional Review V, no. II (2020): 11-19. https://doi.org/10.31703/grr.2020(V-II).02