CORRELATION BETWEEN THE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF STUDENTS FROM SOUTHEAST NIGERIA IN ECONOMICS AND THE INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES EMPLOYED BY THEIR ECONOMICS INSTRUCTORS

Economics Education

This study evaluated the methods used by South East Nigerian economics teachers about their students' academic achievement in the subject. Descriptive statistics of the correlational type were used in the research methodology; the sample size for the study was chosen using purposive and proportionate sampling techniques; the mean and standard deviation were used to answer the research questions; Pearson product-moment correlation and the One-Way ANOVA F-test were used to test the hypotheses. The study demonstrated a strong correlation between students' academic success in Economics and the teaching strategies used by Economics instructors. The study recommended amongst several others that educational administrators should assign professionally trained Economics instructors with a foundation in Economics pedagogies to teach Economics and that seminars, workshops, and other capacity building programs be organized to help build Economics teachers' professional competencies in instructional delivery.

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