Abstract: The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between emotional intelligence and academic performance among USIU-A students in Nairobi County, Kenya. The study was guided by three specific objectives: to establish the levels of emotional intelligence among USIU-A students; to find out if there are gender differences in emotional intelligence among USIU-A students; and to determine the relationship between emotional intelligence and academic performance among USIU-A ...
Abstract: Research in psychological distress and intimate violence suggest that there is a dual –relationship between the variables. This study was carried out among university from USIU-A in Kenya. The general objective of the study was to establish the relationship between psychological distress and intimate partner violence among USIU-A students. Specific objectives were to assess the levels of psychological distress, levels of intimate partner violence, and to establish relationship be...
ABSTRACT This study sought to establish whether there was a significant relationship among pupils‟ metacognition, attitudes towards reading and their reading comprehension performance in an English passage. Differences in metacognition and attitudes towards reading due to both gender and age were also tested. Flavell‟s Model of Cognitive Monitoring and Mathewson's Model of Attitude Influence upon Reading and Learning to Read guided the study. The study adopted a correlational researc...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to establish how behavior modification techniques can be applied in handling maladaptive behaviors displayed by boys and girls in secondary schools during games and sports in Kimilili Sub-County, Bungoma County. This study was guided by two theories: Bandura-The Social Learning Theory (1972) and BF Skinner’s Operant Conditioning Theory (1948). The target population was 498 teachers from 21 secondary schools in Kimilili sub-county. The study involved n...
Abstract This study was designed to investigate the relative influence of the selected predictor variables (students’ self-concept, academic achievement, knowledge about careers and home background) in predicting occupational aspirations of secondary school students. The researcher’s aim was to determine the best predictor of secondary school students’ occupational aspirations. Further, the inherent gender differences in students’ self-concept and occupational aspirations were studied...
ABSTRACT The Government of Kenya and NGOs have put a lot of effort in treatment of drug abuse and dependence yet there is an increase in demand for psychoactive drugs in the country. The study was carried out to investigate factors hindering treatment of drug abusers in drug rehabilitation centers in Nairobi province. Referred literature was reviewed on factors hindering treatment of drug abusers in Kenya and other parts of the world. Quantitative research approach was used where survey resea...
ABSTRACT Secondary school students have educational and personal problems which are not usually met by the schools‟ instructional programme. Studies have shown that fear, embarrassment, distress, male gender and stigma are some of the factors contributing to reluctance to seek counseling help for psychological distress. Fear of negative evaluation has been associated with other social attributes. However, no equivocal data exists on fear of negative evaluation on students‟ attitudes towa...
ABSTRACT The main objective of music education is enhancement of students’ musical creativity. However, over the last six years (2012 to 2017) there has been a declining trend in the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education music performance. This is compounded with consistent underachievement in prime creative areas like composition, aural and harmony, which signifies a decline in musical creativity among students. Although studies have associated psychological factors with musical creativ...
ABSTRACT In learning, persons ascribe the causes of their success or failure to factors such as ability, effort, difficulty of the test or luck. Their motivation for similar learning tasks depends not only on whether they experienced success or failure but also on the particular factors to which they attribute their failure or success. The purpose of the study was to compare teachers’ and students’ attributions regarding mathematics achievements in a Kenyan secondary school. The study als...
Learning styles influence students in all levels of education and a mismatch of teaching styles to preferred learning styles makes learning a stressful experience to many learners. In Nairobi County, students in both private and public schools have not been performing well in sciences. In the study, matched teaching styles with preferred learning styles were conceptualised as the independent variables that determine their performance in biology and geography. The purpose of this study th...
ABSTRACT The ministry of education has a critical role to play in addressing issues of gender equality and equity in Kenya through the implementation of gender mainstreaming in schools. It provides a framework for the planning and implementation of gender responsive education. The high girl-child drop-out rates, early and forced marriage of girls, adolescent pregnancy and gender discrimination in Kenyan secondary school have caused prevalent gender inequality. The purpose of this study was t...
ABSTRACT Provision of university education to qualified Kenyans is fundamental to the success of the Government’s overall sustainable development strategy. Academic achievement plays a significant role in assuring quality education. University students have a similar characterized life trend full of intrapersonal conflicts. This is caused by the usual ways of modeling and ensuring they stay relevant to the demands of others and the environment. As a result, undesirable outcomes such as frus...
ABSTRACT Research has shown that role conflict and role ambiguity are associated with burnout among head teachers of public schools and general educators. However, there is scanty literature from previous studies examining the relationship between role Stressors and burnout among head teachers of public primary schools in Kakamega County, Kenya. Role conflict refers to incompatibility of expectations and demands associated with the role while Role ambiguity refers to a lack of clear informati...
ABSTRACT The purpose of the study was to examine the relationship among teacherstudent interaction, motivation and academic performance, of JHS students in the Bibiani – Anhwiaso – Bekwai District in the Western Region of Ghana. The design used in this study was the correlational design. The simple random sampling procedure was used to select 155 teachers and 281 students for the study. Four research questions guided the study. A 48-item teacher and students’ questionnaires respectively...