STUDENTS SATISFACTION WITH TEACHERS CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES AND DISCIPLINARY MEASURES IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN CROSS RIVER STATE OF NIGERIA

Abstract

The study investigated students satisfaction with teachers’ classroom management techniques and disciplinary measures in secondary schools in Cross River State of Nigeria. Two (2) research questions and 2 hypotheses were answered and tested in the study respectively. The design for the study was the descriptive survey, with the population as the 487 public secondary schools in the 18 Local Government Areas in the State, with a student population of 122,000, from where 1220 were selected as the sample, using the multi-stage and stratified random sampling techniques. Respondents of the study responded to a validated 11-item scale titled ‘Students Satisfaction with Teachers Classroom Management Techniques and Disciplinary Measures Scale (SSTCMIDMS), designed by the researcher, in the modified 4-point Likert scale model, with a reliability index of 0.92, determined using the Cronbach alpha statistics. Mean and rank order statistics were used in answering the research questions, while z-test was used in testing the hypotheses, at 0.05 level of significance. The findings of the study show that the students were to a very high level satisfied with the classroom management techniques and to a great extent satisfied with the effective use of disciplinary measures. The findings also reveal that, there is no significant difference between the mean ratings of JSS3 and SSS2 students on the extent of their satisfaction with teachers classroom management techniques and no significant difference between the mean ratings of urban and rural students on the extent they are satisfied at with disciplinary measures, used in secondary schools in Cross Rivers State. Consequently, it was recommended that teaching staff in public secondary schools in the state should strengthen their classroom management strategies to involve active participation of students in the learning process and adequate sensitization programmes conducted to enlighten students on the approved disciplinary strategies