Students, Teachers, and Organizational Capacitiesa Impact on Overall Students Performance in Mafraq Governorate

Abstract

Environmental positions and personality characteristics and attitude towards school affect students' performance. Environmental factors include social and organizational environment of the school and the physical environment. The study was conducted using field research. Interviews and surveys were conducted with 229 administers located at three directorates of the North Badia region. Subjects were selected using stratified random sampling. Results indicated that education at Mafraq Governorate lacks quality and quantity of supply being located away from urban centers. Over all perceived performance was associated with elementary grade inputs of first and second grade number of sections; negatively associated with eleventh grade the number of students nursing stream; and no association with twelfth grade inputs. Results showed positive association with number of geology teachers. Results indicated that attributes of teaching-organization and capacity of cuality of education supply and other variables associated with perceived overall performance as follows: (1) teaching-organizational entity such as structural, staff frustration, positive classroom environment, and caring and support for students; (2) quality of education such as perception of existing pedagogy and directing student to choose a track; (3) other variables such as students attitude, teachers attitude, available school services, and students gender. Many schools are suffering, especially in the Northeast Badia Region, from small number of students in geographically dispersed villages. It is more appropriate to increase numbers of students to a range of 20-30 per section to stimulate competition among students.