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Uncovering Cloze Testing Practices in Selected Practice Papers for Primary Schools in Kenya
(Lulu Press, 2016)Reading comprehension is probably the most prominently tested skill in upper primary classes in Kenya. Most test papers, for instance, comprise a fifteen-item cloze test, a fictional passage and a factual one both of which ... -
Understanding as a Concept in Education: Conceptions and Alternative Interpretations
(MCSER Publishing, Rome-Italy, 2014-01)Education has largely been conceptualized as transmission and acquisition of knowledge, skills, attitudes and values so as to facilitate desirable behavior. This conceptualization presupposes knowledge, skills, attitudes ... -
Understanding the Morality of Teaching Profession With Reference To Immanuel Kant's Conceptualization of Good Will versus Duty
(Journal of Education and Human Development, 2013-06)This paper seeks an articulation of the morality of actions and attitudes relating to the teaching profession. Its essence is a contribution to the understanding of motivations and principles guiding the choice of teaching ... -
Understanding the Policy Landscape for Climate Change Adaptation: A Cross-Country Comparison Using the Net-Map Method
(2015)In the context of increasing vulnerability to climate change for people dependent on natural resources for their livelihoods, the International Food Policy Research Institute and partner organizations in Ethiopia, Kenya, ... -
Universal Design for Learning: Promoting Inclusive Education in an Empathic Manner
(Machakos University Press, 2022-04)Access to quality education is deemed a basic human right around the world. To this end, universal primary education is available in many countries around the world. To bolster countries’ efforts in their quest to support ... -
UNIVERSITY GOVERNANCE AND LEADERSHIP IN KENYA
(Center for International Research Development, 2021-10)Governance in university education is said to involve the powers to make decisions about fundamental policies and practices in several critical areas concerning universities such as mission, enrolment size, the access ... -
Unsteady hydromagnetic flow between parallel plates both moving in the presence of a constant pressuregradient
(International Journal of Engineering Science and Innovative Technology, 2017)An unsteady magneto hydrodynamicviscous incompressible electrically conducting fluid flow between two parallel porous plates of infinite length in xand zdirections subjected to a constant pressure gradient in the presence ... -
Unsteady MHD Free Convective Flow Past an Inclined Parabolic Accelerated Plate with Hall Current, Radiation Effects and Variable Temperature in a Porous Medium
(International Journal of Management and Fuzzy Systems, 2017)We analyze the effects of hall current and radiation on unsteady hydromagnetic free convection flow of a viscous incompressible electrically conducting fluid past an inclined parabolic accelerated plate in a ... -
Urban Consumers’ Willingness to Pay for Quality of Leafy Vegetables along the Value Chain: The Case of Nairobi Kale Consumers, Kenya
(2011-04)Improvement in income in developing countries has led to emergence of middle and high income consumers. In major urban centers there has been rapid expansion of the grocery sections selling variety of leafy vegetables in ... -
Usawirishaji wa Uhusika katika riwaya za Rosa Mistika na Maisha Kitendawili
(Royallite Global, 2023-03)Makala hii inajadili usawirishaji wa uhusika katika riwaya za Rosa Mistika na Maisha Kitendawili. Kipengele cha wahusika ni muhimu katika kazi ya fasihi kwani hushirikiana na vipengele vingine vya fani ili kutoa ujumbe ... -
Use of Clove Carrot Mix in Cookies; A Way Towards Development of Low Caloric and High Fiber Cookies with Improved Organoleptic Properties
(European International Journal of Science and Technology, 2020-07)Cookies are an easy to go snacks with an increasing demand owing to their ease of consumption in this era of changed dietary patterns and sedentary life style. The effect of clove substitution in carrot flour cookie was ... -
USE of GUM Arabic as a Superplasticizer in SelfCompacting Concrete
(Blue Eyes Intelligence Engineering & Sciences Publication Pvt. Ltd., 2018-04)In this paper, Gum Arabic (GA) obtained from Acacia Senegal trees found in northern Kenya and most of other semi arid areas in Kenya was used in self compacting concrete as a superplasticizer. The research sought to ... -
Use of Networks by Incubator Tenants to Acquire Knowledge to Create Businesses in University Incubation Centres in Kenya
(International Journal of Innovative Research and Knowledge, 2020-08)The purpose of this paper is to analyze critically the Use of Networks by Incubator Tenants to Acquire Knowledge to Create Businesses in University Incubation Centres in Kenya. The methodology for the study is mixed ... -
The use of peroxide value as a measure of quality for walnut flour stored at five different temperatures using three different types of packaging
(Orgz, 2018)Walnut flour, a by-product from the production of cold-pressed walnut oil, can contain up to 20% oil, which contains high levels of polyunsaturated fatty acids and is, therefore, potentially unstable. In this experiment, ... -
Use of Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) Flakes as Coarse Aggregates Replacement in Concrete Paving Blocks
(Lattice Science Publication, 2020)Concrete paving blocks were first introduced in Holland to replace paver bricks which had become scarce due to the post-war building construction boom. In Kenya, paving blocks are used in construction of ... -
Use of Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) Flakes as Coarse Aggregates Replacement in Concrete Paving Blocks
(Lattice Science Publication, 2020-07)Concrete paving blocks were first introduced in Holland to replace paver bricks which had become scarce due to the post-war building construction boom. In Kenya, paving blocks are used in construction of pavements in ... -
Use of Rice Husks as partial replacement of coarse aggregates in concrete paving blocks
(European International Journal of Science and Technology, 2020-07-31)Concrete paver blocks were first introduced in Holland in the fifties as replacement of paver bricks which had become scarce due to the post-war building construction boom. These blocks were rectangular ... -
Use of rice husks ash as partial replacement of cement in concrete paving blocks
(Journal of Engineering in Agriculture and the Environment, 2021-05-14)Concrete paving blocks were first introduced in Holland to replace paver bricks which had become scarce due to the post-war building construction boom. In Kenya, paving blocks are used in construction of pavements in ... -
Using Conditional Extreme Value Theory to Estimate Value-at-Risk for Daily Currency Exchange Rates
(Scientific Research Publishing Inc., 2017)This paper implements different approaches used to compute the one-day Value-at-Risk (VaR) forecast for a portfolio of four currency exchange rates. The concepts and techniques of the conventional methods considered in ... -
Using Conditional Extreme Value Theory to Estimate Value-at-Risk for Daily Currency Exchange Rates
(IOP Publishing, 2017)This paper implements different approaches used to compute the one-day Value-at-Risk (VaR) forecast for a portfolio of four currency exchange rates. The concepts and techniques of the conventional methods considered in ...