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Akinyi, Owuor Dorothy; Musani, Chemisto Esther – European Journal of Educational Sciences, 2015
This study intended to investigate School based factors affecting girls' performance in mixed secondary schools. The objectives of the study were to determine school-based factors, which affect girls' academic performance (KCSE) in mixed secondary, to suggest the possible strategies to counter the school based factors which affect girls' academic…
Descriptors: Females, Academic Achievement, Performance Factors, Foreign Countries
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Chetcuti, Deborah A.; Kioko, Beriter – International Journal of Science Education, 2012
This study investigated girls' attitudes towards science in Kenya. It was carried out with 120 girls from four secondary schools in the Eastern province of Kenya. These were an urban single-sex (SS) and co-educational (Co-Ed) school and a rural SS and Co-Ed school. Different schools were chosen in order to explore whether there are any differences…
Descriptors: Females, Student Attitudes, Rural Areas, Foreign Countries
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Githua, Bernard Nyingi; Mwangi, John Gowland – International Journal of Educational Development, 2003
Although scientific and technological developments are mathematics-based, many students continue to perform poorly in mathematics. This study investigated how students' mathematics self-concept (MSC) is related to their motivation to learn mathematics (SMOT) and gender differences in the two constructs. Out of 165,900 students in 256 secondary…
Descriptors: Females, Mathematics Achievement, Learning Motivation, Foreign Countries