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Effects of Mastery Learning Approach on Secondary School Students’ Physics Achievement

Wambugu, Patriciah W.; Changeiywo, Johnson M (Modestum, 2008)

This study aimed at finding out the effects of Mastery Learning Approach (MLA) on students’ achievement in Physics. The study was Quasi-experimental and Solomon Four Non-equivalent Control Group Design was used. The target ...
Effects of Advance Organizer Strategy During Instruction on Secondary School Students’ Mathematics Achievement in Kenya’s Nakuru District

Githua, Bernard N.; Nyabwa, Rachel Angela (National Science Council,, 2008)

Students have continued to perform poorly in KCSE examinations in certain mathematics topics taught in secondary schools in Kenya. One such topic is commercial arithmetic. Successful teaching of mathematics depends partly ...
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 ...
The Relationship between Self-Esteem and Academic Achievement of Girls with Hearing Impairments in Secondary Schools for the Deaf in Kenya.

Awori, Beatrice Bunyasi; Orodho, John A; Karugu, G. K. (AASEP, 2010)

Several factors had been cited as contributing to the perpetually dismal academic achievement of girls with hearing impairment in Kenya. Personal esteem factors had not been adequately explored. The study used Carl Roger’s ...
The Effect of Computer-Assisted Instruction on Student’s Attitudes and Achievement in Matrices and Transformations in Secondary Schools in Uasin Gishu District, Kenya

Mwei, Philip K.; Too, Jackson K.; Wando, Dave (World Council for Curriculum Instruction, 2011-04)

Performance in Mathematics in secondary school Education in Kenya remains poor. Consequently the Kenya secondary school examination (KCSE) Mathematics results continue to cause concern to all the stakeholders in the education ...
Effects of Cooperative Learning Approach on Biology Mean Achievement Scores of Secondary School Students’ in Machakos District, Kenya

Muraya, Daniel Ngaru; Kimamo, Githui (Academic Journals, 2011-09-08)

Performance in Biology at secondary school level in Kenya remains poor and one reason is the teaching approach adopted by teachers with teacher-centered approaches being pre-dominant. This study sought to determine the ...
Pupils' Development of Spatial Ability in Mathematics: An Issue of Learning Environment in Selected Secondary Schools

Rukangu, Simon Meru (Kenyatta University, 2012)

Critical thinking determines human activity in life and is enhanced by spatial mental processes, which also determine pupils' learning and performance in Mathematics. Any factor that interferes with the development of ...
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 ...
Teaching Styles and Learners’ Achievement in Kiswahili Language in Secondary Schools

Kang'ahi, Maurine; Indoshi, Francis Chisikwa; Okwach, Tonny Omusonga; Osodo, Joseph (hrmars, 2012-07)

Effective use of learning strategies can greatly improve learners’ achievement. In Hamisi District in Kenya, secondary school students have continued to attain poor results in Kiswahili subject in the Kenya Certificate of ...
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 ...
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 ...
Effects of Using Loci-kit models on Secondary schools Students’ Achievement in the Mathematics Topic “Loci” in Kibwezi District, Kenya

Githua, Bernard Nyingi; Mwangi, Simon Warui (Leena & Luna International (Pvt), 2013-04)

Students have continued to perform poorly in mathematics at the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) examinations in Kenya secondary schools. Their performance in certain mathematics topics has consistently been ...
Effect of Discovery Method on Secondary School Student’s Achievement in Physics in Kenya

Uside, Otiende Noel; Barchok, K. H.; Abura, O. G. (Leena & Luna International (Pvt), 2013-08)

In Kenya, the teaching of physics faces the challenge of poor performance due to inadequate laboratory equipment and trained teachers. These challenges have caused students to lack motivation in pursuing the subject. ...
Parental Involvement, Parenting Style, Secondary School Student Attitude towards Schooling and Academic Performance in Kenya

Njagi, Simon Njogu; Migosi, Joash A.; Mwania, Jonathan M. (Inderscience, 2014)

The study sought to find the relationship between parental involvement, parenting style, student's attitude towards school and academic performance. A correlational survey research design was used. Cronbach's alpha (α) for ...
Effects of School Quality on Student Achievement: Discontinuity Evidence from Kenya

Lucas, Adrienne M.; Mbiti, Isaac M. (American Economic Association, 2014)

The most desirable Kenyan secondary schools are elite government schools that admit the best students from across the country. We exploit the random variation generated by the centralized school admissions process in a ...
Relationship between Instructional Supervisor’s Attributes and Students’ Academic Performance in Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education in Public Schools in Machakos County, Kenya

Mumo, Rosalia Mwikali (Maasai Mara University, 2014)

The education system in Kenya is examination oriented and its quality is seen in terms of the number of students passing national examinations. The issue of poor academic performance in examinations signifies a critical ...
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 ...
Effects of Inquiry-based Teaching Approach on Secondary School Students’ Achievement and Motivation in Physics in Nyeri County, Kenya

Njoroge, G.N.; Changeiywo, J.M,; Ndirangu, M. (Academic Research Journals, 2014-01)

The overall students’ performance in physics at the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Examination (KCSE) has been poor coupled with very low student enrollment. The preferred mode of delivery by physics teachers in Kenyan ...
The Effect of Science Process Skills Teaching Approach on Secondary School Students’ Achievement in Chemistry in Nyando District, Kenya

Abungu, Hesbon E.; Okere, Mark I.O.; Wachanga, Samuel W. (MCSER Publishing, Rome-Italy, 2014-09)

Science process skills are central to the acquisition of scientific knowledge which is useful in solving problems in society. In Kenya, students’ achievement in chemistry in the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education ...
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 ...

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