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Psychometric Properties of a Test Anxiety Scale for Use in Computer-Based Testing in Kenya
(Common Ground Research Networks, 2023-02)Test anxiety is a psychological variable that diversely impacts academic test performance. Test anxiety tools are developed to understand and predict its impact in different test settings. It is important to determine the ... -
Test Anxiety Beliefs as Predictor of Students’ Achievement in Chemistry in Public Secondary Schools in Kenya
(Scientific & Academic Publishing., 2018)The present study was designed to determine the extent to which test anxiety beliefs predicted achievement in chemistry among students in public secondary schools in Kenya. The study was guided by Eccles-Wigfield’s Exp ... -
Extrinsic Motivation Beliefs as Predictor of Students’ Achievement in Chemistry in Public Secondary Schools in Kenya
(Scientific & Academic Publishing, 2018)The present study investigated the extent to which extrinsic motivation beliefs predicted academic achievement in chemistry among students in public secondary schools in Kenya. The study was guided by Eccles-Wigfield’s ... -
Relationship between Achievement Goal Orientation and Academic Achievement among Form Three Students in Kiambu County, Kenya
(International Journal of Education and Research, 2018-04)In the last five years (2013 to 2017), poor academic achievement has been experienced in Kiambu County, despite government interventions. Most researchers attribute this to socio-cultural factors with little done to ... -
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 ... -
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. ... -
Sources of VCT Information and Reasons for Use or Non Use of VCT Services by Young People in Selected Rural Locations in Kenya
(International Journal of Social Science Tomorrow, 2012-01)This study investigated the sources of VCT information and reasons why young people used or failed to use VCT services in selected rural VCT locations. A total of 110 participants (Male= 66; Female= 44), with an average ... -
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. ... -
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 ... -
Task Value as a Predictor of Academic Achievement among Form Three Students in Meru County, Kenya
(International Journal of Education and Research, 2022-04)Academic achievement is the ultimate goal of any education system. The grades the students achieve at the end of any system are useful for the stakeholders for many purposes. Therefore, any factor that affects the academic ... -
Gender Differences in Academic Resilience and Academic Achievement among Secondary School Students in Kiambu County, Kenya
(Juniper Publishers, 2017-08)This study sought to establish the gender differences in academic resilience and academic achievement among secondary school students in Kiambu County. The study adopted a descriptive co relational design. A sample of 390 ... -
Relationship between Self-Efficacy and Academic Buoyancy among Form Three Students in Selected Secondary Schools in Migori County, Kenya
(International Journal of Research and Scientific Innovation (IJRSI), 2019-10)The study explored the relationship between selfefficacy and academic buoyancy among form three students in Migori County. A mixed methods design was adopted for the study. The sample comprised 252 girls and 217 boys ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Relationship between Academic Emotions, Self-efficacy and mathematics achievement of secondary school students in Central Division, Machakos County, Kenya
(Msingi Journal, 2016)The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between academic emotions and self- efficacy in predicting mathematics achievement of secondary school students. A random sample of 300 form three students ...
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Psychometric Properties of a Test Anxiety Scale for Use in Computer-Based Testing in Kenya
(Common Ground Research Networks, 2023-02)Test anxiety is a psychological variable that diversely impacts academic test performance. Test anxiety tools are developed to understand and predict its impact in different test settings. It is important to determine the ... -
Test Anxiety Beliefs as Predictor of Students’ Achievement in Chemistry in Public Secondary Schools in Kenya
(Scientific & Academic Publishing., 2018)The present study was designed to determine the extent to which test anxiety beliefs predicted achievement in chemistry among students in public secondary schools in Kenya. The study was guided by Eccles-Wigfield’s Exp ... -
Extrinsic Motivation Beliefs as Predictor of Students’ Achievement in Chemistry in Public Secondary Schools in Kenya
(Scientific & Academic Publishing, 2018)The present study investigated the extent to which extrinsic motivation beliefs predicted academic achievement in chemistry among students in public secondary schools in Kenya. The study was guided by Eccles-Wigfield’s ... -
Relationship between Achievement Goal Orientation and Academic Achievement among Form Three Students in Kiambu County, Kenya
(International Journal of Education and Research, 2018-04)In the last five years (2013 to 2017), poor academic achievement has been experienced in Kiambu County, despite government interventions. Most researchers attribute this to socio-cultural factors with little done to ... -
Sources of VCT Information and Reasons for Use or Non Use of VCT Services by Young People in Selected Rural Locations in Kenya
(International Journal of Social Science Tomorrow, 2012-01)This study investigated the sources of VCT information and reasons why young people used or failed to use VCT services in selected rural VCT locations. A total of 110 participants (Male= 66; Female= 44), with an average ... -
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. ... -
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 ... -
Task Value as a Predictor of Academic Achievement among Form Three Students in Meru County, Kenya
(International Journal of Education and Research, 2022-04)Academic achievement is the ultimate goal of any education system. The grades the students achieve at the end of any system are useful for the stakeholders for many purposes. Therefore, any factor that affects the academic ... -
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 ... -
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. ... -
Gender Differences in Academic Resilience and Academic Achievement among Secondary School Students in Kiambu County, Kenya
(Juniper Publishers, 2017-08)This study sought to establish the gender differences in academic resilience and academic achievement among secondary school students in Kiambu County. The study adopted a descriptive co relational design. A sample of 390 ... -
Relationship between Self-Efficacy and Academic Buoyancy among Form Three Students in Selected Secondary Schools in Migori County, Kenya
(International Journal of Research and Scientific Innovation (IJRSI), 2019-10)The study explored the relationship between selfefficacy and academic buoyancy among form three students in Migori County. A mixed methods design was adopted for the study. The sample comprised 252 girls and 217 boys ... -
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 ... -
Factors Influencing Secondary School Students' Attitude towards the Study of Physics in Imenti South District, Kenya
(Journal of Research in Education and Society, 2011-08)The study was conducted in January and February 2011. It aimed at investigating the factors that were considered to influence students' attitude towards the study of Physics in secondary schools in Imenti South District, ... -
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 ... -
Relationship between Academic Emotions, Self-efficacy and mathematics achievement of secondary school students in Central Division, Machakos County, Kenya
(Msingi Journal, 2016)The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between academic emotions and self- efficacy in predicting mathematics achievement of secondary school students. A random sample of 300 form three students ... -
Household Factors that Influence Achievement Motivation of Female and Male Pupils in Kenya
(Journal of Sociology, Psychology and Anthropology in Practice, 2015-04)This study aims to investigate the influence of selected home environment and personal factors on achievement motivation of female and male primary school pupils in Kenya. Data were collected from a sample of 88 class ... -
Relationship between Workload and Occupational Stress among Teachers in Public Primary Schools in Kasarani, Nairobi, Kenya
(International Journal of Multicultural and Multireligious Understanding, 2021)The goal of this study was to determine the association between workload and occupational stress among public primary school teachers. The study's goal was to see if there was a link between workload and stress at work. ... -
Gender Differences in Causal Attributions for Success and Failure in Academic Achievement among Secondary School Students
(Contemporary Research Center, 2019)This study investigated the gender differences in causal attributions for success and failure in Kenya. Students may form causal attributions, which may influence their academic achievement either positively or negatively. ... -
Study Habits as Correlates of Academic Performance in English Language among Students in Public Secondary Schools in Kenya
(Novelty Journals, 2020)English language has become one of the crucial languages among learners in many educational institutions worldwide. It has become a channel of instruction in all learning centers and an official language in the teaching ...
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