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Download full textBarmao, Anne C.; Changeiywo, Johnson M.; Githua, Bernard N. – Journal of Education and Practice, 2015
The skills acquired in mathematics provide a country with a human resource that is highly educated and able to tackle most of the country's social economic problems. However, the performance of students at the KCSE mathematics examinations in Kenya has been dismal for many years. In addition, majority of the girls in particular have been…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Single Sex Classes, Secondary School Teachers, Mathematics Teachers
Mihindo, W. Jane; Wachanga, S.W.; Anditi, Z. O. – Journal of Education and Practice, 2017
Science education should help develop student's interest in science as today's society depends largely on output of science and technology. Chemistry is one of the branches of science. Chemistry education helps to expand the pupil's knowledge of the universe and of his/her position in it. It helps in the appreciation and enjoyment of nature and…
Descriptors: Computer Simulation, Computer Assisted Instruction, Chemistry, Science Instruction
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
Anditi, Zephania O.; Okere, Mark, I. O.; Muchiri, Daniel R. – European Journal of Educational Research, 2013
Chemistry is one of the subjects that students sit for in the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE). The attainment of students in chemistry in KCSE has been quite low. An analysis of the past Chemistry examination papers taken in KCSE reveals that the papers test students' competencies in various aspects of Cognitive Science Process…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Institutional Characteristics, Academic Achievement, Science Achievement
Direct linkChetcuti, 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
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
