The Correlation of Teacher Effectiveness Variables and Students' Academic Achievement in Economics

The quality of teachers is very significant to national development, as they have the obligation of impacting lives for better tomorrow. Therefore, this study examines the correlation that exists between the teachers' effectiveness variables and students' academic achievement in economics. An ex-post facto type of survey research was adopted for the study. Structured questionnaires, whose reliability coefficient values are 0.88 and 0.73 respectively, were used. The findings revealed that instructional activities were positively significant in relation to students' academic achievement in Economics (r = .246; p