Home⇛Psychology and Education: A Multidisciplinary Journal⇛vol. 38 no. 9 (2025)

Assessment Skills and Pedagogical Approaches as Determinants of the Teaching Competence of General Education Teachers Handling Learners with Difficulty in Displaying Interpersonal Behaviors

Bladelyn Sayson-Sumugat

Discipline: Education

 

Abstract:

General education teachers often report low competence in managing students with interpersonal behavior difficulties. This quantitative correlational study examined the influence of assessment skills and pedagogical approaches on this competence, using data from 300 secondary teachers. Results revealed that assessment skills and pedagogical approaches are significant determinants of teacher competence. Multiple linear regression indicated that predictive variables covered 82.7% influence on the criterion variable. Consequently, further study is recommended using other variables not covered in this research in order to trace the 17.3% variance in teacher competence.



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