Peer Relationships as Correlates of Academic Achievement among Form Three Students in Murang’a County, Kenya
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2024-05
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International Journal of Innovative Research and Advanced Studies (IJIRAS)
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The trend of academic achievement in Murang’a County has been worrying as it has remained poor for a number of years. The purpose of this study was to examine peer relationships as a correlate of academic achievement among form three students in Mathioya Sub County, Murang’a County. The objective of the study was to: establish the link between peer relationships and academic achievement of form three students. This research adopted the Social Learning Theory by Bandura (1977). A correlational research design was adopted. Purposive sampling was used to select Mathioya Sub-County in Murang’a County. Stratified sampling technique was used to group the schools into three categories i.e. boys boarding, girls boarding and co-educational secondary schools, and finally simple random sampling was used to get the research participants from the sampled schools. The research population comprised of all 2614 form three students in the 32 public secondary schools in Mathioya Sub- County in the year 2023. For data collection, two tools were used namely: a peer relationships scale developed by Terzian, A.M. (2012) to collect data on peer relationships and a proforma summary of students’ academic results to collect data on academic achievement of the students for the end of term one 2023 examination. Thirty four students were selected from one of the schools in the study location to take part in the pilot study. These students, however were not used to participate in the actual study. Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 22 was used to analyse the quantitative data that were collected. Multiple regression and t-test for independent samples were used to analyze the data and the results obtained presented in tables. Finally conclusions and recommendations were made based on the outcome of the analysed data. The study found that peer relationships positively and significantly correlated with the academic achievement of form three students in Murang’a County. An important implication and recommendation of the study was that teachers, parents and all the educational stakeholders work together to encourage positive peer interactions among learners which may go a long way in boosting their levels of motivation and by extension improve their academic achievement
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Kinjaga, L. G., & Oyoo, S. Peer Relationships As Correlates Of Academic Achievement Among Form Three Students In Murang’a County, Kenya.