Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

• G.H. Ebadi ¹
• H Elhampour ²

¹ Head of Khuzestan Education Research Institute

² Instructor, Faculty of Educational Sciences and Psychology, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz

Abstract

The aim of this study was to compare the academic performance in math and basic science of 5^th grade elementary students of ahvaz as taught by part-time teachers vs. regular teachers. After the development of Achievements tests for mathematics and sciences, 480 urban and rural students were selected by multistage random sampling technique. The teacher’s of this group were part time, the soldiers under training and regular teachers. Data analyzed by using of spss software (11.5) and the covariance Analysis method was used for controlling some variables such as educational grade of teachers and geographical conditions of the school. Findings show that academic  performance (Mathematics and Science) of students with regular (officially employed) teachers was higher than that of the students with part- time and soldiers teachers.

Keywords

• education performance
• achievements tests in mathematics and science
• employed
• teachers
• soldiers and part-time teachers