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An Investigation into the Factors affecting the adoption of e-Learning in Public Secondary Schools in Makadara district, Nairobi County, Kenya
(Journal for Humanity Science and English Language, 2014)The main purpose of the study was to investigate the factors affecting adoption of e-learning in public secondary schools in Makadara District, Nairobi County. The specific objectives of the study were to establish the ... -
An Investigation of Concept Attainment Model on Learning Achievement in Biology in Public Secondary Schools in Kibwezi Sub-County, Kenya
(Research journali’s Journal of Education, 2019)Biology performance in public Secondary Schools has been quite low compared to the other sciences. This has been attributed majorly on the nature of teaching methods used, the abstract nature of biology, and the ... -
AN INVESTIGATION OF PARENTAL FACTOR AS A DETERMINANT OF CHILD TRANSITION READINESS FROM PRE - SCH OOL TO PRIMARY SCHOOL IN RUIRU, KIAMBU COUNTY KENYA
(Academic Research International, 2017)It is undisputable fact that parents are the primary care givers of their children. The gist of the study was to investigate parents as determinant of children readiness transisting from pre-school to primary one in Ruiru ... -
Investigation of teaching the integrated topics on drug abuse in secondary school curriculum
(2011)The problem of this study was to investigate the teaching of the integrated topics on drug abuse in the secondary school curriculum as a strategy to wipe out the problem of drug abuse among ... -
Investigation of teaching the integrated topics on drug abuse in secondary school curriculum
(2011)The problem of this study was to investigate the teaching of the integrated topics on drug abuse in the secondary school curriculum as a strategy to wipe out the problem of drug abuse among students in Machakos District, ... -
An investigation of the relationship between test anxiety and academic performance in secondary schools in Nyeri district, Kenya
(Bachudo Science Ltd, 2009)The objective of this study was to determine the relationship between test anxiety and academic performance among students in Nyeri district, Kenya. The correlational study design was used. The study was carried out among ... -
An Investigation of Therapeutic Value of the Batsotso Mourning Rituals in Kakamega County, Kenya.
(International Journal of Education and Research, 2014)Every community in the world responds to death and loss in unique ways. Funeral customs and ceremonies vary across different cultures worldwide. The study aimed at establishing how these rituals contribute to the ... -
An investigation to the efficacy of free primary education in withdrawing and maintaining children from child labour in Kiambu district, Kenya
(2011)It is estimated that about 250 million children aged between 5-14 years were working world wide by the year 2006, at least 120 million were working full time and close to 80 million in hazardous work. These are children ... -
Kenya’s Political Regime in Need of a Humanizing Pedagogy: what to Learn from Paulo Freire’s Pedagogy of the Oppressed
(American International Journal of Contemporary Research, 2013)Fatalism in the guise of docility is the fruit of an historical and sociological situation, not an essential characteristic of a people's behavior. It almost always is related to the power of destiny or fate or fortune— ... -
Kinds of Extensive Reading Materials and their Influence on Learners’ Language Skills in Language Classrooms in Kenya
(AJEST, 2017)This study investigated kinds of extensive reading materials and their influence on learners’ language skills in language classrooms in Kenya. It scrutinized the kinds of reading materials that learners are exposed to in ... -
Kinds ofExtensiveReading Materials and their Influence on Learners’ Language Skills in Language Classrooms in Kenya
(Journal of Educational Policy and Entrepreneurial Research, 2017)his study investigatedkinds of extensive reading materials and their influence on learners’ language skills in language classrooms in Kenya. It scrutinizedthe kinds of reading materials that learnersare exposed to in ... -
Language Games and Language Teaching in Kenya: The case of Kiswahili in Lower Primary
(Journal of Education and Practice, 2014)Many experienced textbook and methodology manuals writers have argued that games are not just time-filling activities but have a great educational value. W. R. Lee holds that most language games make learners use the ... -
Language Games and Language Teaching in Kenya: The Case of Kiswahili in Lower School
(2014)Many experienced textbook and methodology manuals writers have argued that games are not just time-filling activities but have a great educational value. W. R. Lee holds that most language games make learners use the ... -
Leadership Motivation and Mentoring Can Improve Efficiency of a Classroom Teacher and Workers in Institutions
(IISTE, 2015)Motivational strategies guarantee quality assurance in the educational system. Motivational strategies like staff training and development, promotion, salary, remuneration, working conditions, status and participatory ... -
Learning about Author Positioning in Written Academic Discourse
(Argentinian Journal of Applied Linguistics, 2013-11)Graduate students are usually not sure of the appropriate stance to take in relation to their writing. Even style guides provide little information regarding authorial positioning in academic texts. This paper describes a ... -
Leveraging Science, Technology and Innovation for National Development in the Light of the Emerging Universities of Science and Technology in Kenya
(2013-05)It is recognized that effective leveraging of science, technology and innovation is essential for wealth creation in all nations. Science, Technology and Innovation is also a key component of social integration, sustainable ... -
Mitazamo ya Kusawiri Wahusika wa Kike katika Tamthilia za Kiswahili: Posa za Bikisiwa na Mama Ee
(The Africa Premier Research Publishing Hub, 2017)Uhusiano kati ya jinsia ya kiume na ya kikeni ni suala linaloendelea kuzua mijadala si haba miongoni mwa jamii kila uchao. Aghalabu midahalo hiyo huibua mitazamo kinzani baina ya wasomi na wahakiki wa kazi za kifasihi. ... -
Morphological, genetic and symbiotic characterization of root nodule bacteria isolated from Bambara groundnuts (Vigna subterranea L. Verdc) from soils of Lake Victoria basin, western Kenya
(2015)Low soil nitrogen (N) is a major constraint for sustainable crop production in smallholder farming systems in Africa. Grain legumes such as bambara groundnuts (Vigna subterranea L. Verdc). can form N fixing symbiotic ... -
The Morphophonemics of Vowel Compensatory Lengthening in Ekegusii
(International Journal of Education and Research, 2013-09)Literature shows that not much is known about the prosodic systems in Ekegusii, a Bantu language spoken by about 2.2 million people in south western Kenya.This paper presents an analysis of vowel compensatory lengthening ... -
Motivational Factors for Substance Abuse Among Secondary School and University Students in Kenya: The Way Forward
(Asian Economic and Social Society, 2013)Substance abuse is becoming an increasing problem in Kenya. A number of studies carried out in the country show that almost every Kenyan youngster at one time or another experiments with substances, especially beer and ...