Personality Traits and Grit as Predictors of Academic Achievement of Form Three Students in Public Secondary Schools in Murang’a County, Kenya

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dc.contributor.advisorSamuel M. Mutwelelien_US
dc.contributor.authorMugo, Stephen Mbuthia
dc.date.accessioned2023-02-10T09:12:07Z
dc.date.available2023-02-10T09:12:07Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.descriptionA Research Project Submitted in Partial Fulfilment of the Requirement for the Award of Masters Degree in Education (Guidance and Counselling) Kenyatta University,September, 2022en_US
dc.description.abstractThere 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 form three students in Murang’a County. Also tested were differences in HEXACO personality traits and grit. HEXACO personality traits theory and grit theory guided this study. Correlational research design was used and only form threes participated. Purposive sampling helped to select Murang’a County while stratified random sampling enabled the researcher to arrive at 10 schools. Through proportionate stratified sampling, two boys’ boarding, two girls’ boarding schools, three co-educational boarding schools and three co-educational day schools were selected. Simple random sampling helped to get 379 respondents. HEXACO personality inventory revised and grit scales were used to measure HEXACO personality traits and grit respectively. Piloting was done on 30 students from a mixed day school. Academic achievement was provided by class teachers. HEXACO personality traits, grit and academic achievement data was analyzed by use of SPSS. The findings showed that HEXACO personality traits and academic achievement did not have a significant positive relationship. The results of one way ANOVA on the mean differences in academic achievement scores based on the six domains of HEXACO personality traits, showed a positive correlation. A significant positive correlation was found between grit and academic achievement. Concerning the prediction of academic achievement from HEXACO personality traits and grit, the results showed that both the variables significantly predicted academic achievement. The following recommendations are made from this study; educational experiences should help the students to improve their HEXACO personality traits and grit skills. Grit training may be incorporated in normal school learning for better results. Also, HEXACO personality traits can be taught to learners to enhance their leaning in school for better performance.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipKenyatta Universityen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://ir-library.ku.ac.ke/handle/123456789/24747
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherKenyatta Universityen_US
dc.subjectPersonality Traits and Griten_US
dc.subjectPredictorsen_US
dc.subjectAcademic Achievementen_US
dc.subjectForm Three Studentsen_US
dc.subjectPublic Secondary Schoolsen_US
dc.subjectMurang’a Countyen_US
dc.subjectKenyaen_US
dc.titlePersonality Traits and Grit as Predictors of Academic Achievement of Form Three Students in Public Secondary Schools in Murang’a County, Kenyaen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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