DETERMINATION OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN QUALITY OF TEACHING PROCESSES AND LEARNING RESOURCES WITH STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT (THE SAMPLE OF GAZIANTEP UNIVERSITY)

Abstract

The purpose of the present study is to determine whether the level of academic achievement of B. A. students in Gaziantep University is a meaningful predictor of the quality of teaching processes and learning resources of their higher education institution in 2014-2015 educational year. The study is designed in the correlational survey model and the data are obtained by applying the scale to randomly selected 796 students. In data analysis, SPSS 20 program is used and Independent Samples T Test and Multiple Linear Regression among parametric analyses are applied to the data set showing normal distribution and .05 is accepted as the significance level. According to research findings, the participants’ views differ significantly in four of the sub-dimensions according to their gender and these sub-dimensions - career guidance services, teaching processes, campus life and assessment and evaluation - are found to predict about %15 of students’ grade point averages. It is extrapolated that some variables related to the teaching processes and learning resources in higher education institutions have a significant role in student achievement. The findings and results are discussed in parallel with similar researches and some recommendations are taken place in this respect.

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