Assessing the literacy rate of teachers 'curriculum and its relationship with students' academic success

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Master of Educational Sciences, Elementary Education, Imam Javad University, Yazd, Iran

2 Non-faculty member of non-profit Imam Javad University (AS) and Deputy Coordinator of Farhangian University of Yazd, , Iran

Abstract

The aim of this study was to assess the literacy rate of teachers 'curriculum and its relationship with students' academic success. The present study was applied in terms of purpose and descriptive-correlational in terms of data collection method. The statistical population in this study includes all primary school teachers in Yazd, who were teaching in the academic year of 1998-99, whose number was 2000 people. The statistical sample size through Morgan table was 322 people which was determined by stratified random sampling. In order to collect data, the curriculum literacy questionnaire of Ababaf et al. (2013) and academic achievement (students' GPA) were used. In order to analyze the data, correlation coefficient test and regression analysis were used. The results of Pearson correlation test showed that there is a positive and significant relationship between the curriculum as a document, as a guide for action and as a process with students' academic success. There is (P <0.01); The results of regression test also showed that the literacy components of the curriculum are able to predict students' academic success.

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