Browsing RP-Department of Educational Psychology by Title
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Academic Advising and Student Retention in Distance Learning: The Case of University of Cape Coast, Ghana
(Journal of Educational and Social Research, 2017-09)This research investigated the impact of academic advising on student retention in distance learning at the University of Cape Coast, Ghana. Explanatory sequential mixed methods design was adopted for the study. The ... -
Academic Expectations as Correlates of Secondary School Students’ Academic Achievement
(International Journal of Science and Research (IJSR), 2018)Students may form expectations, which may influence their academic achievement either positively or negatively. The main objective of the study was to find out if academic achievement was related to academic expectations. ... -
Academic identity status measure: psychometric properties when used among secondary school students in Kenya
(2015)The study examined the internal consistency, factor structure, and predictive validity of the academic identity measure (AIM), a pioneer measure of academic identity status. Data were collected from 390 students (average ... -
Academic Mindsets as Predictors of Academic Achievement among Public Secondary School Students in Nairobi County, Kenya
(International Journal of Education and Research, 2018-02)In spite of the importance attached to education, poor academic achievement has continued in Kenya especially in public secondary schools. It affects the life prospects of students and also poses a challenge to parents ... -
Academic Resilience and Self-Efficacy as Predictors of Academic Achievement Among Form Three Students in Trans-Nzoia County, Kenya
(Journal of Popular Education in Africa, 2022-06)The past four years, 2016 to 2019 has shown a low academic achievement in Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) among students in Trans-Nzoia County. Little has been done in this area to establish how academic ... -
Academic Resilience as a Predictor of Academic Burnout among Form Four Students in Homa-Bay County, Kenya
(International Journal of Education and Research, 2018-03)Academic burnout has become one of the most common problems in institutions of learning. It negatively affects students’ wellbeing, creativity and effectiveness in educational settings. This study was therefore designed ... -
Achievement goal orientations as predictors of academic achievement among secondary school students in embu county, Kenya
(In J Sch Cogn Psychol, 2021-05)Background: There is a substantive body of evidence that achievement goal orientations influence academic outcomes. However, students in developing countries and non-college populations are underrepresented in the existing ... -
An analysis of gender displays in selected children picture books in Kenya
(2015-02-09)Children’s books are an early source of gender role stereotypes. Gender displays in such books can be read or interpreted as a social problem in any education system. The study aimed at identifying common gender displays ... -
Assessing Young Peoples’ Momentary Thoughts About Sex: A Proposal of the Sex Envelope Game
(Scientific & Academic Publishing, 2012)Most sexual reproductive health programmes for young people in developing countries depend on foreign concepts and data ignoring potential local strategies. Finding more effective ways for needs assessment and to engage ... -
Assessment of Creativity and Its Relationship with Gender, Age, and Teaching Experience of Postgraduate Guidance and Counselling Student Teachers: A Case Study of Kenyatta University, Kenya
(2011)Creativity is a collection of different abilities such us flexibility, originality and fluency. The purpose of the study was to assess creativity of postgraduate guidance and counselling student teachers and establish ... -
Autonomy and Attitude towards School as Correlates of Learners’ Academic Performance in Kitui County, Kenya
(International Journal of Innovative Research and Advanced Studies (IJIRAS), 2020-02)Performance of students in Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education in Kitui County has been consistently low and below the national mean score from 2010 to 2018. The low performance has been attributed to many factors. ... -
Bridging culture, research, and practice in early childhood development: The Madrasa Resource Centers in East Africa
(Wiley, 2011-05-10)The Madrasa Resource Centers in East Africa have adapted features of Euro-American theory and practice into a service delivery system responding to local cultural and socioeconomic realities. After 25 years of implementation ... -
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Community-based vocational rehabilitation (CBVR) for people with disabilities: experiences from a pilot project in Nigeria
(John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2004-09)This article discusses the community-based vocational rehabilitation (CBVR) of persons with disabilities. In 1991, a pilot project was instituted by the International Labour Organisation and the United Nations Development ... -
‘Dear Diary I saw an Angel, She Looked like Heaven on Earth’: Sex Talk and Sex Education
(Routledge, 2003)In this paper we highlight and address some of the problems involved in teaching HIV/AIDS education in southern and eastern Africa, and especially in generating open discussion among pupils about sex and sexuality. The ... -
Determinants of Preschool Teachers' Attitudes towards Teaching
(African Journal of Teacher Education, 2013)This study sought to investigate determinants of pre-school teachers’ attitudes towards teaching in Thika Municipality, Kenya. The concern to stakeholders was the negative attitudes of the pre-school teachers towards ... -
Determinants of Self-Esteem, Educational Performance and Career Prospects among Secondary School Students in Navakholo Constituency, Kakamega, Kenya
(International Knowledge Sharing Platform, 2019)In the quest to identify challenges to students’ educational performance, cross-sectional study was carried out on 350 randomly selected students of St. Kizito and Sivilie secondary schools in Navakholo Constituency. A ... -
Development of education of the hearing impaired in Nigeria
(Ife Centre for Psychological Studies, 2000)Education of the hearing impaired in Nigeria had gone through stages of "Darkness", "Twilight", and "Dawn" as in other countries of the world. Superstitious beliefs about hearing impaired people exercise strong influence ... -
Digital Divide in Work and Study among Mature Students Furthering their Education in Kenyan universities: The Case of Kenyatta University
(International Journal of Social Science and Entrepreneurship, 2013)The aim of this research was to investigate the digital divide among mature students furthering their education in Kenyan Universities. To achieve this, the study sought to establish the following; if the students had ...
