The Relationship of Teacher's Behavior and Performance with Intrinsic Motivation of the Primary School Students of Bandar Abbas City
This study examines the relationship of teacher's performance and teacher's behavior with intrinsic motivation the primary school students of Bandar Abbas city. The interaction and communication between teacher and student is an important part of the instruction and learning process. Teacher's behavior and performance should be impressive enough to encourage enthusiasm in students for learning. Without such qualities, there will be no (real) knowledge transfer. In the meantime, there is a major concern among most teachers and principals for student motivation. To make successful and effective learning happen, teachers need interested, motivated, and hardworking students. The relevant data on the research theoretical and empirical background which was used for identification of the research variables and formulation of the research problem and hypotheses was obtained through from the library research. The actual data was collected through a field inquiry using questionnaire. The target statistical population included all primary school teachers of Bandar Abbas city, Hormozgan province, Iran. Of this population, using Krejcie Morgan table for sample size, 194 teachers were initially selected among whom using simple random sampling the questionnaires was subsequently distributed. The results of the data analysis supported presence of a direct and statistically significant relationship between teacher's performance and behavior and student's intrinsic motivation among the understudy pupils.