An Empirical Study of Challenges and Management Supports in Teaching and Learning of Social Studies in the Public Senior High Schools of Ghana

Table 5. Summary resultsof t-test Teachers’ Challenges and Management

T-STATISTICS
CONSTRUCTS	N=33; df =32
	T	P-values	Mean Difference	95% Confidence Interval of the Difference
				Lower	Upper
				I encounter difficulty in addressing all students’ challenges in large classes	19.793	.000	3.75758	3.3709	4.1443
	The social studies classroom condition is always good and makes learning easy	14.374	.000	3.06061	2.6269	3.4943
The social studies classroom temperature is always cold and makes learning difficult	14.977	.000	2.30303	1.9898	2.6163
The social studies classroom condition makes learning enjoyable	19.201	.000	3.45455	3.0881	3.8210
Social studies classroom has good ventilation to promote good health and studies	22.000	.000	3.66667	3.3272	4.0062
Each student in social studies class has his /her own desk to promote effective studies	18.999	.000	3.66667	3.2735	4.0598
I find it easy to teach all topics in the Social Studies curriculum	13.519	.000	3.00000	2.5480	3.4520
Management gives adequate money to purchase resources for social studies lessons	11.877	.000	2.09091	1.7323	2.4495
Management organises professional development programs for social studies teachers	13.916	.000	2.84848	2.4316	3.2654
Management is always concerned about large class sizes and its effect on teaching and learning	18.847	.000	3.36364	3.0001	3.7272
Students are always punctual to class	16.166	.000	3.18182	2.7809	3.5827