Browsing by Subject "Academic achievement"

Ability Beliefs, Achievement Goals and Fear of Negative Evaluation as Predictors of Academic Achievement among Form Three Students in Mombasa County, Kenya

Mwangi, Jayne Muthoni (Kenyatta University, 2018)

Low academic achievement remains a major concern among all stakeholders in Mombasa County. This study sought to explain academic underachievement from a self-worth protection perspective. Specifically, the study sought to ...

Academic Achievement of Girls in Rural Schools in Kenya

Mungai, A. M. (Routledge, Taylor and Francis group, 2012-08)

This study examined the effect of two family factors (financial, social capital) and school factors on students’ achievement. One hundred eighty two, seventh-grade female students from nine schools in Muranga district, ...

Academic Identity Status and Achievement Goal Orientation as Predictors of Academic Achievement among Form Three Students in Embu County, Kenya

Ireri, Anthony Muriithi (Kenyatta University, 2015)

Over the last three years (2012 to 2014), the candidature for Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education has been increasing but the national pass rate has consistently been low. Low pass rates limit the nation's progress ...

Academic Motivation and Self-Regulated Learning as Predictors of Academic Achievement of Students in Public Secondary Schools in Nairobi County, Kenya

Mutweleli, Samuel Mutua (Kenyatta University, 2014)

Nationally, the distribution of secondary school students’ performance in public examinations has been skewed towards the lower grades. This poor performance has been majorly attributed to school environmental factors and ...

Assessment of School Factors Related to Academic Achievement in Mathematics among Secondary School Students of Masaba South Sub County, Kenya

Onderi, Peter Omae; Okwara, Michael Okello; Raburu, Pam; Barongo, Samson; Mokaya, Evans; Mokogi, Henry; Omae, David (IISTE, 2015)

Performance in mathematics in Masaba Sub-County, Kenya has been poor for many years. In 2010 the mean score was 3.2282, while in 2011 it had a mean score of 3.9528 and in 2012 it had a mean of 4.0660 which ...

Determinants of Paternal Involvement in Pupils’ Education and Academic Achievement among Primary School Pupils in Nairobi County, Kenya

Bironga, Sophia Moraa (Kenyatta University, 2014)

Many studies have been done on the importance of parental involvement in children’s education, yet few studies have examined the individual contribution that fathers and mothers make to their children’s academic achievement. ...

Effects of Parental Involvement in Their Children’s Academic Achievement in Public Secondary Schools: A Case of Kieni-West District, Nyeri County- Kenya

Ndirangu, Lydia Muthoni (East African Multidisciplinary Annual Research Conference, 2013)

Parental involvement in children’s education from an early age has a significant effect on educational achievement and continues to do so in adolescence and adulthood (Siraj-Blatchford & Taggart, 2004). This study was set ...

The Impact of Parent and Community Support on Primary Schools’ Pupils Academic Achievement in Siaya and Kisumu Counties, Kenya

Oduor, Onyango Daniel (Machakos University, 2018-04)

The performance of primary school pupils in the Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) examinations in Siaya and Kisumu Counties has been unsatisfactory over the years. Most of the candidates obtain at least average ...

Impact of Unit Cost on Academic Performance of Public Secondary Education in Kenya: A Case Study of Siaya District from 1997 to 2007

Ochieng, Sika James (Kenyatta University, 2012)

The study sought to find out why increased public expenditure on secondary education has repeatedly produced unsatisfactory outcomes. The purpose of this study is to examine the unit cost of public secondary education and ...

The Influence of Child Labor on Academic Achievement of Primary School Pupils in Suba and Homa-Bay Districts, Kenya

Ligeve, Susan Nduta; Poipoi, Moses W. (International Journal of Learning and Development, 2012)

This causal-comparative study investigated the effects of child labor on academic achievement of primary school pupils in Suba and Homa-Bay districts in Kenya. The participants of this study ...

Influence of E-Mentoring on Self-Esteem, Self-Efficacy and Academic Achievement of Secondary School Girls in Nairobi and Kiambu Counties, Kenya

Ndeke, Florentina Ndunge (Kenyatta University, 2015)

This study sought to establish the influence of e-mentoring on self-esteem, self-efficacy, and academic achievement of secondary school students in Nairobi County. The study was guided by five objectives namely. The first ...

Influence of Teacher Characteristics on Students’ Academic Achievement among Secondary Schools

Kosgei, Anita; Mise, Jairo Kirwa; Odera, Odhiambo; Ayugi, Mary Evelyn (IISTE, 2013)

The purpose of this study was to establish the relationship between teacher characteristics and students’ academic achievement. The study was guided by Education Production Function theory (EPF) which connects student ...

Parental Involvement in Primary Schools in Kenya as a Major Strategy for Academic Success

Muigaii, Jecinta W. (Open Access Publishing Group, 2018)

The new Kenyan curriculum emphasizes the role of parents as essential to their children’s education and in the success of curriculum implementation. The development requires a change in how parents and the community interact ...

Parental Involvement in their Children’s Academic Achievement in Public Secondary Schools: A Case of Kieni-West Sub-County, Nyeri County- Kenya

Kibaara, Tarsilla M.; Ndirangu, Lydiah M. (Elsevier, 2014-10-11)

This study was set to investigate the effects of parents’ involvement in their children’s academic achievement in twenty one public secondary schools in Kieni West Sub-County in Nyeri County-Kenya. The objectives of the ...

Provision of Education to the ‘Hard to Reach’ Amidst Discontinuity in Nomadic Communities in Kenya

Ayiro, Laban P.; Sang, James K. Arap (Lehigh University, 2015)

This study explores why nomadic children in the counties of Turkana and West Pokot are left behind in the primary education process despite free primary education (FPE), and considers the variables that contribute to high ...

The Relationship Among School Adjustment, Gender and Academic Achievement Amongst Secondary School Students in Kisumu District Kenya

Winga, Maureen Adhiambo; Agak, John Odwar; Ayere, A. Mildred (Scholarlink Research Institute, 2011)

Poor school adjustment leads to low academic achievement, behavioural problems, discordant educational aspirations and even school dropout. The current study investigated the levels of school adjustment and its relationship ...

Relationship among School Type and Secondary School Students’ Self-Esteem, Academic Achievement and Career Aspirations in Nairobi County, Kenya

Kithela, Shadrack Munanu (Kenyatta University, 2016)

This study purposed to investigate how school type was related to self-esteem, academic achievement and career aspirations of secondary school students. Students’ are admitted into different school types based on the ...

Relationship between Academic Resilience and Academic Achievement among Secondary School Students in Kiambu County, Kenya

Mwangi, C. N.; Okatcha, F. M.; Kinai, T. K.; Ireri, A. M. (Longdom Publishing, 2015)

This study sought to establish the relationship between academic resilience and academic achievement among secondary school students in Kiambu County. A descriptive correlational design was adopted. The sample comprised ...

Relationship Between Achievement Goal Orientation and Academic Achievement Among Form Three Students in Kiambu County, Kenya

Ng’ang’a, Maria Wacera; Mwaura, Peter A. M.; Dinga, Jotham N. (International Journal of Education and Research, 2018)

In the last five years (2013 to 2017), poor academic achievement has been experienced in Kiambu County, despite government interventions. Most researchers attribute this to socio-cultural factors with little done to explain ...

Role of the Headteacher in Academic Achievement in Secondary Schools in Vihiga District, Kenya

Lydiah, L.M.; Nasongo, J.W. (Maxwell Scientific Organization, 2009-10-30)

The headteachers’ role is to promote academic performance. The success of what is done in the School is attributed to the head teacher. He or she is the pivot around which many aspects of the school revolve, being the ...

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