Publication Date
| In 2025 | 0 |
| Since 2024 | 0 |
| Since 2021 (last 5 years) | 0 |
| Since 2016 (last 10 years) | 11 |
| Since 2006 (last 20 years) | 23 |
Descriptor
Source
Author
Publication Type
| Journal Articles | 23 |
| Reports - Research | 23 |
Education Level
| Secondary Education | 13 |
| Elementary Education | 7 |
| Middle Schools | 2 |
| Early Childhood Education | 1 |
| Grade 6 | 1 |
| Grade 7 | 1 |
| High Schools | 1 |
| Higher Education | 1 |
| Intermediate Grades | 1 |
| Junior High Schools | 1 |
| Postsecondary Education | 1 |
| More ▼ | |
Audience
Location
| Kenya | 23 |
| Botswana | 1 |
| China | 1 |
| Colombia | 1 |
| Italy | 1 |
| Jordan | 1 |
| Philippines | 1 |
| Somalia | 1 |
| South Africa | 1 |
| Sweden | 1 |
| Thailand | 1 |
| More ▼ | |
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
| Child Behavior Checklist | 1 |
| Rosenberg Self Esteem Scale | 1 |
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Peer reviewed
Direct linkBellon, Emmanuel O.; Ngware, Moses Waithanji; Admassu, Kassahun – Education and Urban Society, 2017
The study examines the combined effects of key elements in parental leadership on academic performance. In the wake of inadequate learning resources, parental leadership becomes an indispensable learning input for children's academic performance. The discourse utilized data collected from 2005 to 2010 in a longitudinal study involving 1,549…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Elementary School Students, Foreign Countries, Leadership
Download full textOkanga, Anne Asiko; Ogur, John Okoth; Arudo, John – Journal of Education and e-Learning Research, 2017
Kenya has seen a paradigm shift in nursing education sector recording high rates of enrolment of students to training while their performance in Nursing Council of Kenya (NCK) examination remained variable and unpredictable. This study evaluated performance of BSc nursing students in NCK examinations by examining institutional characteristics in…
Descriptors: Institutional Characteristics, Bachelors Degrees, Nursing Education, Performance Based Assessment
Simba, Nicholas Odoyo; Agak, John Odwar; Kabuka, Eric K. – Journal of Education and Practice, 2016
In Muhoroni Sub-County, Kenya, pupils' academic performance has received little attention in relation to discipline. The objectives of this study were to determine the level of discipline and extent of impact of discipline on academic performance among class eight pupils in the sub-county's public primary schools. The study adopted descriptive…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Academic Achievement, Elementary School Students, Discipline
Sellah, Lusweti; Jacinta, Kwena; Helen, Mondoh – Journal of Education and Practice, 2017
Cognitive styles are persistent patterns of behavior that determine how an individual acquires and processes information. In the classroom the cognitive styles of the teacher interact with those of the learner resulting in differential understanding. This study which is informed by cognitive styles theories is a descriptive study that examined the…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Interaction, Teacher Student Relationship, Academic Achievement
Jerotich, Kemboi Rose – Journal of Education and Practice, 2015
The performance of students in Kiswahili subject is of crucial importance to everyone in Kenya since it is a media of communication in public institutions and other sectors of the Economy. More so Kiswahili serves as a national language of Kenya thus one of the language requirements for pursuance in any Diploma or Degree courses. Based on this…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Motivation, Teacher Influence, Academic Achievement
Kiige, Mwangi James; Atina, James Onywoki – Journal of Education and Practice, 2016
The changeover of the Kenyan system of education from the 7-4-2-3 to the current 8-4-4 in 1984 made science subjects (Biology, Chemistry and Physics) compulsory to all students up to form two at the secondary school level. This meant increased numbers of students in one class at a time attending the science subjects, which may compromise quality.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Education Programs, Science Course Improvement Projects, Teacher Centers
Lansford, Jennifer E.; Godwin, Jennifer; Al-Hassan, Suha M.; Bacchini, Dario; Bornstein, Marc H.; Chang, Lei; Chen, Bin-Bin; Deater-Deckard, Kirby; Di Giunta, Laura; Dodge, Kenneth A.; Malone, Patrick S.; Oburu, Paul; Pastorelli, Concetta; Skinner, Ann T.; Sorbring, Emma; Steinberg, Laurence; Tapanya, Sombat; Alampay, Liane Peña; Uribe Tirado, Liliana Maria; Zelli, Arnaldo – Developmental Psychology, 2018
To examine whether the cultural normativeness of parents' beliefs and behaviors moderates the links between those beliefs and behaviors and youths' adjustment, mothers, fathers, and children (N = 1,298 families) from 12 cultural groups in 9 countries (China, Colombia, Italy, Jordan, Kenya, Philippines, Sweden, Thailand, and the United States) were…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Child Rearing, Adjustment (to Environment), Cross Cultural Studies
Dryden-Peterson, Sarah; Dahya, Negin; Adelman, Elizabeth – American Educational Research Journal, 2017
This study identifies pathways to educational success among refugees. Data are from an original online survey of Somali diaspora and in-depth qualitative interviews with Somali refugee students educated in the Dadaab refugee camps of Kenya. This research builds on Bronfenbrenner's ecological model to consider both the locally and globally situated…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Refugees, Qualitative Research, Global Approach
Muiruri, Mary; Wambugu, Patriciah; Wamukuru, Kuria – Journal of Education and Practice, 2016
The study was a quasi-experimental that investigated the effects of Advance Organizers (AO) on achievement in poetry. Target population was class seven pupils of Nakuru North Sub-county primary schools in Kenya. 160 pupils were involved in the study. Four sampled schools were randomly assigned to control and experimental groups in Solomon Four…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Advance Organizers, Teaching Methods, Poetry
Murithi, Grace Gatune; Nyaga, Veronica Karimi; Barchok, Hillary K. – Journal of Education and Practice, 2015
This study sought to examine the impact of attitudinal adaptation on academic achievement among boys and girls in boarding secondary schools in Meru County in Kenya. The descriptive survey research design was adapted for the study whose sample size was 384 students, school counsellors and deputy principals in the boarding secondary schools. The…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Attitudes, Attitude Change, Academic Achievement
Zachariah, Kosgei K.; Joshua, Keter K. – Journal of Education and Practice, 2016
While education is considered to be a human right and need, the delivery of secondary education in Kenya has been slow due to a number of bottlenecks that includes: (one), differential trends in access and participation in secondary school education with low participation of the poor and (two), low efficiency and quality of education as indicated…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Day Schools, Boarding Schools, Secondary Schools
Shibo, Margaret Nekesa – International Journal of Educational Administration and Policy Studies, 2016
The purpose of this study was to compare the influence of management styles of head teacher's on pupils' performance in private and public primary schools in Nakuru municipality at Kenya Certificate of Primary Education level. The population comprised of teachers and head teachers in public primary schools. The study adopted the ex post facto…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Statistical Analysis, Questionnaires, Interviews
Mbugua, Stephen Ngugi; Kiboss, Joel; Tanui, Edward – Journal of Education and Practice, 2015
Teachers must understand the context within which students' performance improvement takes place. Operational effectiveness and strategy are both essential to superior performance and strategy execution is crucial for quality and better students' academic result. ICT can be a catalyst by providing tools which teachers use to improve teaching and…
Descriptors: Technology Integration, Information Technology, Academic Achievement, Surveys
Musasia, Amadalo Maurice; Ocholla, Alphayo Abacha; Sakwa, Thomas Welikhe – Journal of Education and Practice, 2016
In Kenyan secondary schools, form two is an important class for all students. The students choose relevant subjects to study in form three and four. Physics is compulsory at form one and two but optional thereafter. Performance in the subject at the end of the secondary school is usually dismal. Majority of students lack motivation for most…
Descriptors: Physics, Influences, Academic Achievement, Foreign Countries
Bundotich, Sarah; Kimaiyo, Lilian – Journal of Education and Practice, 2015
Academic performance is a function of many interrelated variables including inherent study efforts, modes of teaching, school environment and students ability. Many gifted students may face myriads of academic problems, which may however, be masked by their academic prowess, yet research into this realm is limited in Kenya. The objectives of the…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Foreign Countries, Student Attitudes, Required Courses
Previous Page | Next Page »
Pages: 1 | 2
