Predicting Student Academic Performance Based on the Style of Teaching of the Faculty Members

The main purpose of this research was to predict student academic performance based on faculty members’ teaching methods. A survey research method was used. The statistical population (N=5601) comprised all faculty members and students of Bu Ali Sina university. Using random ratio stratified sampling method about 343 subjects were selected as the sample for the study. A survey questionnaire was developed by the researchers, and its validity was reported to be acceptable by the experts. Using alpha Cronbach coefficient, the reliability of the questionnaire was computed to be equal to. 0.85. The collected data were analyzed by descriptive statistics such as percentage, mean, frequency and Pearson correlation, as well as by ANOVA and multi variate regression analysis. Findings show that the importance and weight of teachers’ type in impacting students’ learning was different so that in some colleges the dominant type was course centered whereas in some other colleges was behavior centered.