AN ASSESSMENT OF FACTORS AFFECTING ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IN AGAGO DISTRICT THE CASE OF PAIMOL SUB COUNTY

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DEDICATION ................................................................................................................................ 1

DECLARATION ............................................................................................................................ 2

APPROVAL .................................................................................................................................... 3

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ............................................................................................. : ........ : ..... 4

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY (ABSTRACT)·························:·························································· 5

TABLE CONTENT ........................................................................................................................ 7

CHAPTER ONE ........................................................................................................................... 10

1.0 INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................. 10

1.2 Statement of the problem .................................................................................................. 12

1.3 Purpose of the study .......................................................................................................... 13

1.4 Objectives of the study ...................................................................................................... 13

1.5 Research questions ............................................................................................................ 13

1.6 The scope of the study ....................................................................................................... 13

1.7 Significance of the study ................................................................................................... 14

1.8 LIMITATIONS ................................................................................................................. 14

1.9 DEFINITION OF TERMS ................................................................................................ 16

LITERATURE REVIEW .............................................................................................................. 18

2.0 Introduction ....................................................................................................................... 18

2.1 Theoretical review ............................................................................................................. 18

CHAPTER THREE ....................................................................................................................... 26

METHODOLOGY ........................................................................................................................ 26

3.0 Introduction ....................................................................................................................... 26

3.1 Research design ................................................................................................................. 26

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3 .2 Population of the study ...................................................................................................... 26

3 .8 Data analysis ..................................................................................................................... 28

3 .9 Procedures for data collection ...................................................................... : .................... 29

3 .10 Reliability and validity ...................................................................................................... 29

3.11 Ethical consideration ............................................................................................ : ............ 29

8.0 BUDGET ........................................................................................................................... 30

WORK PLAN ............................................................................................................................... 31

CHAPTER FOUR ......................................................................................................................... 32

4.0 Introduction ....................................................................................................................... 32

HOME BACKGROUND .............................................................................................................. 32

TEACHERS QUALIFICATIONS ................................................................................................ 33

METHODS OF TEACHING ........................................................................................................ 35

Methods used ................................................................................................................................ 36

MOTIVATION ............................................................................................................................. 36

Motivation indicators .......................................................................................................... . ......... 3 7

Children's motivation in schools .................................................................................................. 38

Distance traveled to school ........................................................................................................... 39

Distance traveled by children ........................................................................................................ 42

Children's attitudes to learning ..................................................................................................... 42

Problems affecting learning .......................................................................................................... 43

PLE RESULTS ............................................................................. Error! Bookmark not defined.

CHAPTER FIVE ........................................................................................................................... 45

DISCUSSION, .............................................................................................................................. 45

DISCUSSIONS; ............................................................................................................................ 45

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Hypothesis one .............................................................................................................................. 45

Hypothesis Two ............................................................................ Error! Bookmark not defined.

Hypothesis three .............................................................................................. : ............................. 47

Hypothesis Four ............................................................................................................................ 48

Hypothesis five ............................................................................................... : ......... : .................... 49

CONCLUSIONS ........................................................................................................................... 52

RECOMMENDATIONS .............................................................................................................. 53

TO PARENTS ............................................................................................................................... 53

TO TEACHERS: ........................................................................................................................... 54

TO GOVERNMENT: ................................................................................................................... 55

TO RESEARCHERS .................................................................................................................... 55

APPENDIX I - INTRODUCTORY LETTER ............................................................................. 56

APPENDIX II - SAMPLE OF THE QUESTIONNAIRES FOR THE PUPILS .......................... 57

APPENDIX III - RESEARCH QUESTIONNAIRES FOR THE TEACHERS ........................... 60

APPENDIX IV - QUESTIONNAIRES FOR THE HEAD TEACHERS .................. , .................. 62

APPENDIX V - BIBLIOGRAPHY .............................................................................................. 65