MST-Department of Educational Psychology: Recent submissions
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Autonomy, attitude and interest to learn as predictors of academic performance among secondary school students in Kitui County, Kenya
(Kenyatta university, 2022-10)From 2012 to 2018, performance in the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education by students in Kitui County has been consistently low. Learner autonomy, attitude towards school, and interest in learning were all linked to ... -
Academic Engagement and Learning Approaches as Predictors of Academic Achievement among Form Three Students in Machakos County, Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2022)The academic achievement of most secondary school learners in Kangundo Sub County has been below average for the period between 2015 and 2019. Studies have shown that cognitive variables influence academic achievement of ... -
Personality Traits and Grit as Predictors of Academic Achievement of Form Three Students in Public Secondary Schools in Murang’a County, Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2022)There has been poor performance in public secondary schools in Murang’a County. This study therefore, aimed to determine the relationships between students’ HEXACO personality traits, grit and academic achievement among ... -
Relationship between Academic Self-Concept, Motivation and Academic Achievement among Secondary School Students in Kisumu County, Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2022)Students in Kisumu East Sub-County, Kisumu County have been posting low KCSE mean scores over the last several years albeit having the least number of schools and fewest number of candidates among the Sub-counties of Kisumu ... -
Autonomy, Attitude and Interest to Learn as Predictors of Academic Perfomance Among Secondary School Students In Kitui County, Kenya
(2022)From 2012 to 2018, performance in the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education by students in Kitui County has been consistently low. Learner autonomy, attitude towards school, and interest in learning were all linked to ... -
Parental Support, Communication and Supervision of Home Work as Predictors of Academic Achievement among Standard Seven Pupils in Nairobi City County, Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2022)This study aimed at establishing whether parental factors namely support, communication and supervision of homework relates to children’s academic achievement. The study has five objectives: to establish the reltioship ... -
Metacognitive Learning Strategies and Academic Help-Seeking Behaviors as Antecedents of Academic Achievement among Form Two Secondary School Students in Kilifi County,Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2022)decline in students’ academic achievement remains a threat not only to individual students but also to the country’s economic development at large. Over the years, students’ academic achievement in KCSE in Kaloleni Sub-County ... -
Antecedents of Academic Procrastination and its Relationship to Academic Achievement among Form Three Students in Kiambu County, Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2022)The aim of this research was to examine the antecedents of academic procrastination and its relationship to academic achievement. Antecedents of academic procrastination featured in the current study were test anxiety and ... -
Demographic Factors, Career Personality Types and Self-Efficacy as Predictors of Career Indecision among College Students in Machakos County, Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2021)Career decision making stands out as a significant and complex milestone college students have to make. Making this major decision has been made difficult by the rapid growth in information technology, industrial growth, ... -
School Set-Up and Teacher Characteristics Influencing Girls’ Mathematics Self Concept among Public Secondary School Students in Kitui County, Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2021)For many years, educators have been distressed by the fact that girls are often tuned off to Mathematics. In addition, girls are less academically successful in fields related to Mathematics. In school and at the University ... -
Locus of Control and Test Anxiety as Correlates of Performance in Physics among Form Two and Three Students in Laikipia County, Kenya.
(Kenyatta University, 2021)The research issue addressed by this study was below average performance in physics in Laikipia County. The aim of this research was to examine locus of control and test anxiety as predictors of students’ physics performance ... -
Relationship among Academic Self-Efficacy Personality Traits and Academic Achievement of Form Three Students of Nairobi City, Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2021)When students post low grades in national examinations, most of the time it is attributed to; poor learning strategies, burnout among teachers, lack of motivation among learners and other issues like inadequate resources ... -
Aspects of Classroom Environment as Predictors of Self-Regulated Learning among Students in Public Secondary Schools in Bungoma County, Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2021)The impact of classroom environment on students’ capacity to direct their own learning in school and beyond is a topic that has increasingly attracted scholarly attention throughout the world. For the learners to direct ... -
Determinants of Examination Malpractices among Students in Public Secondary Schools in Garissa County, Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2021)Examination malpractice has become a viral disease that is spreading at an alarming rate in the education sector, it has not only dealt a major blow to reliability and validity of the certificates that are offered at the ... -
Factors Hindering Implementation of Guidance and Counseling Programme in Secondary Schools in Trans-Nzoia West District.
(Kenyatta University, 2012)Despite the emphasis by the ministry of education to establish Guidance and Counseling programmes in schools, cases of students riots, poor performance and cheating in exams have been on the rise. Such cases can easily ... -
Predictors of Academic Locus of Control Among Form Three Secondary School Students in Kitui County, Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2020)Academic locus of control refers to a learner’s belief of the cause of his/her academic achievement. It is therefore a learner’s conviction that success in academics is either as a consequence of one’s effort or external ... -
Emotional Intelligence and Academic Self-Efficacy Beliefs As Predictors of Academic Achievement among Form Four Students in Kiambu County, Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2020)The aim of this study was to establish if emotional intelligence and academic self- efficacy beliefs significantly predict academic achievement among form four students in public secondary schools in Kiambu County, Kenya. ... -
Investigation of Employee Counseling Needs among Non-Managerial Staff of Kenya Revenue Authority
(Kenyatta University, 2011-03)The major purpose of this study was to investigate the specific counseling needs of employees in organizations. This meant to establish the necessity to integrate professional counseling at work places in order to solve ... -
Relationship between peer attitudes towards school, selected peer group activities and academic achievement of secondary school students in Nairobi
(Kenyatta University, 2004)The study was designed to investigate the relationship between peer group attitudes towards school, peer group activities, and academic achievement of secondary school students in Nairobi urban area. Rapid socio - cultural ... -
Relationship between Selected Students’ Personality Characteristics and their Perception of Examination Malpractice in Public Secondary Schools in Nyeri County, Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2018-11)Examination malpractice is a major problem that affects education foundations in Kenya today. The scope of the problem and the dangers brought by the phenomenon are noted to have adverse effects on students such as ...
