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Academic Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies, 2018

The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between emotional engagement and ac... more The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between emotional engagement and academic achievement among secondary school students of Manga Sub County, Nyamira County, Kenya. The study was hinged on the Self Determination theoretical perspective. The concurrent triangulation design of the mixed methods approach was employed. From the target population of 1750 form four students, 35 Principals and 35 Guidance and Counselling teachers, 316 students, 11 Principals and 11 Guidance and counselling teachers, and 11 student leaders were randomly sampled for the study. Questionnaires were used to collect data from the students, while interview schedules were used to collect data from Principals, Guidance and Counselling teachers and student leaders. The face validity of the research instruments was determined by experts from the department of Psychology and Educational Foundations of Jaramogi Oginga Odinga University of Science and Technology. Reliability was ascertained by...

Play in Early Childhood Education is paramount in all aspects of growth and development in young ... more Play in Early Childhood Education is paramount in all aspects of growth and development in young children. Play based learning has both developmental and educational benefits. Many children exhibit increased learning difficulties, inability to solve simple problems associated with socialization and control of emotions, many cases of truancy, and aggressive behavior, compounded with total lack of interest towards learning and as a result the study sought to investigate factors influencing instructional practices on play-based activities in Preschool Curriculum Implementation in Homabay County. The study was guided by social constructivism theory lev vygosky (1934) employed concurrent triangulation research design. The study targeted 1257 Pre-school teachers, 908 key informants (lead teachers) and 8 Sub-county directors. The sample size for both pre-school teachers and lead teachers was 297 and 48 respectively. Both Proportionate sampling and Systematic Simple random technique were us...

Pre-school children come into daily contact with various forms of mass media which influence thei... more Pre-school children come into daily contact with various forms of mass media which influence their academic and social behaviour. Though television has been used to play a monumental role in promotion of education and entertainment, children with full exposure to television have been found to perform poorly in class and fail to speak languages fluently. Public confidence in it is in question as many stakeholders have expressed concern about the amount of television and the type of programming to which children are being exposed to. The purpose of the study was to investigate the effects of television on academic performance and languages acquisition of pre-school children in Tiriki East Division, Hamisi Sub-County, Vihiga County, Kenya. The study involved 40 teachers and 132 parents drawn from 20 pre-schools selected by simple random technique. It employed descriptive survey design and an ex-post facto research design. Data was collected by questionnaires. The study found out that; ...

Play is the most relevant way through which children learn. Play-based teaching and learning prom... more Play is the most relevant way through which children learn. Play-based teaching and learning promotes positive social skills in children. Today many children are not given time to play and teachers do not integrate play fully in curriculum because many teachers seem not to recognize the relevance of play to children, leading to poor performance of children yet the entire teaching and learning of small children is supposed to be entirely based on play. The study was therefore meant to establish the relevance of play activities integrated in Early Childhood Development and Education (ECDE) curriculum. The study was based on Descriptive survey design. It involved; 430 teachers drawn from 215 pre-schools (33% of the study population) and 1 Sub-County Program Officer, selected using Simple random sampling and Saturated sampling techniques respectively. Data was collected by a questionnaire, an interview schedule and a lesson observation schedule. The study found out that: Most teachers i...

The use of integration as a pedagogical tool in the teaching of English language and literature s... more The use of integration as a pedagogical tool in the teaching of English language and literature subjects is a priority in Kenya. Despite the inception of the integrated English curriculum two decades ago, not all English language teachers use it as conceived by the curriculum developer, Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development (KICD). The Purpose of this study was to explore pedagogical experiences of teachers in implementing the integrated English language curriculum in Kenya, Kisumu County. Guided by Fuller’s Concern Based Adoption Model (CBAM) theoretical framework, this study utilized Concurrent Triangulation design under a mixed methods approach to establish the level of coverage on components of both language and literature and to determine the integration methods used by teachers of both language and literature in implementing the integrated curriculum. Saturated sampling design was used to select 110 subject teachers, 52 heads of departments and 52 principals currently impl...

World Journal of Computer Application and Technology, 2016

Play in Early Childhood Education is paramount in all aspects of growth and development in young ... more Play in Early Childhood Education is paramount in all aspects of growth and development in young children. Play based learning has both developmental and educational benefits. Many children exhibit increased learning difficulties, inability to solve simple problems associated with socialization and control of emotions, many cases of truancy, and aggressive behavior, compounded with total lack of interest towards learning and as a result the study sought to investigate factors influencing Classroom Environmental Characteristics On PlayBased Activities in PreSchool Curriculum Implementation in Homabay County. The study employed concurrent triangulation research design. The study targeted 1257 Pre-school teachers, 908 key informants (lead teachers) and 8 Sub-county directors. The sample size for both pre-school teachers and lead teachers was 297 and 27 respectively. Both Proportionate sampling and Systematic Simple random technique were used to get the actual sample. Purposive sampling...

Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences

The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between student cognitive engagemen... more The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between student cognitive engagement and academic achievement of secondary school students of Manga Sub County, Nyamira County, Kenya. The study was hinged on the Self Determination theoretical perspective. The mixed methods approach was employed, and within it, the concurrent triangulation design was adopted. From the target population of 1750 form four students, 35 Principals and 35 Guidance and Counselling teachers, 312 students (out of 316 expected), 11 Principals and 11 Guidance and counselling teachers were randomly sampled for the study. Questionnaires were used to collect data from the students, while interview schedules were used to collect data from Principals and Guidance and Counselling teachers. The validity of the research instruments was determined by experts from the department of Psychology and Educational Foundations of Jaramogi Oginga Odinga University of Science and Technology. Reliability was ascertai...

The study established the Parental strategies enhancing level of involvement among preschool lear... more The study established the Parental strategies enhancing level of involvement among preschool learners in Nandi Central Sub-County, Kenya. The study adopted descriptive design. The target population was 3566 which was composed of 183 head teachers' public primary school, 183 lead teachers of public Early Childhood Development Education and 3200 parents of top class in Nandi Central Sub-County, Kenya. The study adopted purposive and simple random sampling techniques to sample respondents. The ECDE parents were sampled using stratified random sampling technique. The sample size for the study was 462. This composed of 74 public head teachers, 74 lead teachers of public early childhood Development Education and 320 parents. The instruments used were questionnaires and interview schedule. The pilot study was done in two schools and test re-test method was used to determine the instrument's reliability. Validity was ensured through expert judgment by my supervisors. The researcher utilized thematic analysis. The study found out that Parents who have the best strategies in their children's education performs better in their academic work. The study recommended that, school administrators should come up with strategies of increasing parental positive attitude in the involvement of their children education performance.

Globally there are 34 million people living with moderate to severe disabilities, 80% of whom liv... more Globally there are 34 million people living with moderate to severe disabilities, 80% of whom live in developing countries. For instance, 10% of the Kenyan population has disabilities, while Kisumu County has 4.8%, the highest proportion in Kenya. In addition, Kisumu County records 15.3% prevalence rate of human immune deficiency virus (HIV), double the national rate of 7.4%, and is ranked 3rd in HIV prevalence rate in the region and highest at 1.6% among people with physical disabilities. This study specifically sought to establish the level of awareness of risky sexual behavior among learners with physical challenge in special secondary schools in Kisumu County. The study was guided by the theory of reasoned action behavior, and research design used was concurrent triangulation within a mixed methods approach. Target population was composed of 135 Students, 1School Principal, 12 Teachers, and 1 County Director of Education. Saturated technique was used to select all the 149 out of...

Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences, 2015

The present study investigated the use of written tests to assess holistic development of Lower P... more The present study investigated the use of written tests to assess holistic development of Lower Primary school Learners in Kenya. The Concurrent Triangulation Design was employed. The sample size comprised 184 respondents who were, 122 lower primary teachers, 47 ECDE teachers and 15 primary school Head teachers.Both Questionnaire and Interviews were used to collect data.The researcher ensured validity of questionnaires through expert judgment that is with the help of lectures from Jaramogi Oginga Odinga University of Science and Technology.Moreover, the items in the questionnaire were made clearer and also arranged from simple to complex.Reliability of the instrument was tested using internal consistency and a reliability coefficient of 0.892 was reported.The quantitative data obtained from questionnaires was analysed by using descriptive statistics with the aid of Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 22.Qualitative data was analysed using the thematic framework.The study finding was that that intellectual development of ECDE learners was effectively assessed by written tests method of assessment. However, on the aspect of emotional development, most participants reported that written tests methods of assessment does not effectively assess emotional development of ECDE learners. Moreover, this study confirms that written tests methods of assessment did not effectively assess the social development of ECDE learners. Finally, most participants disagreed that physical growth andspiritual developments of ECDE learners is assessed well when they are given written tests. The study recommendation is that The Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development should come up with clear policies on assessment of ECDE learners so that holistic development is guaranteed during the assessment process.

Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences, 2015

The purpose of the study was to establish Teachers' Perception on Oral Questioning as a Method of... more The purpose of the study was to establish Teachers' Perception on Oral Questioning as a Method of Assessment of Holistic Development among lower public primary school learners in Kisumu Central Sub-County, Kenya. The Humanistic holistic development of Abrahams Maslow's theory guided the study. The research design employed was concurrent triangulation design.The target population for the study was 234 lower primary school teachers, 90 ECDE teachers and 30 head-teachers, and a sample size of 184 participants was used.Simple random sampling and purposive sampling techniques were used to select study participants. The instruments used in the study were questionnaires and interview schedules. Validity of the instruments was ensured by expert judgment of the university lecturers while the reliability was ensured by internal consistency and a reliability coefficient of 0.892 was reported. Trustworthiness of qualitative data was also ensured. Quantitative data was descriptively analysed by the use of percentages, frequencies and means while Qualitative data was analysed using Thematic Analysis.The study found that oral questioning was perceived to be effective in assessing emotional, cognitive, social and personality development. However, it was also reported that oral questioning was not effective in assessment of aspects such as physical growth and development, spiritual development, moral development which are crucial forms of holistic development among early childhood learners. The study recommended that the Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development should come up with clear policies regarding assessment of ECDE learners so that the holistic development of the learners is taken into account during the assessment process.

OALib, 2015

Theory of Reasoned Action was formulated by social psychologist [1]. The theory resulted from att... more Theory of Reasoned Action was formulated by social psychologist [1]. The theory resulted from attitude research using the Expectancy Value Models. Even though this theory can be applied in studying a number of research cases in Information Systems discourse, it has not been extensively used, and in cases where it has been used, it has mainly set the stage for other theories such as Technology Acceptance Model, Unified Theory of Acceptance and Utilization of Technology and Innovation Diffusion Theory among others. This has there positioned Theory of Reasoned Action as underutilized even though it is a very strong theory to support Information Systems studies.

Field experiments were conducted in Soroti District, northeastern Uganda, an area with two rainy ... more Field experiments were conducted in Soroti District, northeastern Uganda, an area with two rainy seasons per calendar year, the first one with long, reliable rains and a second one with short, less reliable rain, The trials were with sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lamk), groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L.) and maize (Zea mays L.) and aimed at collecting information on the incidence of millipede damage, Failure of sweet potato cuttings to establish caused by biotic stress varied from 4 to 33%, A significant but variable proportion of that biotic stress was caused by millipedes, Millipedes of the species Omopyge sudanica were responsible for the loss of up to 84% of the sweet potato cuttings if the crop was planted early in the first rainy season, During bulking hardly any damage was inflicted on the storage roots, When the tubers were stored 'in-ground on plants' during the dry season, millipedes in combination with other insect pests affected up to 86% of the tubers at the onset of the rains of the following growing season, Data on groundnut and maize were taken on plots where in the previous season sweet potato had been grown, Early in the first rainy season, O. sudanica also caused damage in germinating groundnut, causing plant losses of 12-29%. Maturing groundnut seeds were affected for 39%. Millipede damage in germinating maize seeds in the first and second rainy seasons amounted to 34% and 29%, respectively. The species O. sudanica, Spirostreptus ibanda and Tibiomus spp. efr. ambitus were found in the vicinity of the maize seeds but were only found feeding on them during the second rainy season. More research is needed to quantitatively assess economic damage to crop production caused by millipedes.

Academic Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies, 2018

World Journal of Computer Application and Technology, 2016

Play in Early Childhood Education is paramount in all aspects of growth and development in young ... more Play in Early Childhood Education is paramount in all aspects of growth and development in young children. Play based learning has both developmental and educational benefits. Many children exhibit increased learning difficulties, inability to solve simple problems associated with socialization and control of emotions, many cases of truancy, and aggressive behavior, compounded with total lack of interest towards learning and as a result the study sought to investigate factors influencing Classroom Environmental Characteristics On PlayBased Activities in PreSchool Curriculum Implementation in Homabay County. The study employed concurrent triangulation research design. The study targeted 1257 Pre-school teachers, 908 key informants (lead teachers) and 8 Sub-county directors. The sample size for both pre-school teachers and lead teachers was 297 and 27 respectively. Both Proportionate sampling and Systematic Simple random technique were used to get the actual sample. Purposive sampling...

Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences

Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences, 2015

OALib, 2015