Relationship among type of school, academic resilience and academic achievement among secondary school students in Kiambu County, Kenya

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dc.contributor.authorMwangi, Cecilia Nyambura
dc.contributor.authorIreri, Anthony Muriithi
dc.contributor.authorMwaniki, Elizabeth W.
dc.contributor.authorWambugu, Stephen K.
dc.date.accessioned2018-02-12T08:32:58Z
dc.date.available2018-02-12T08:32:58Z
dc.date.issued2018-01
dc.descriptionDOI-https://dx.doi.org/10.20319/pijss.2018.33.10921107en_US
dc.description.abstractThis study investigated the relationship among type of school, academic resilience and academic achievement among secondary school students in Kiambu County, Kenya. A descriptive correlational design was used. A randomly selected sample of 390 students in the third year of secondary education was involved. The participants were drawn from four categories of secondary schools: Boys boarding, girls boarding, coeducational boarding and coeducational day. Data were collected using a demographic form and the California Healthy Kids Survey (CHKS) resilience scale. A significant mean difference (F (3,386) = 9.39, p < .05) was reported in the academic resilience scores when type of school was considered. The difference was in favour of girls’ boarding schools. The mean academic resilience and achievement for boys’ boarding was found to be significantly lower than that of girls’ boarding, boys’ day, and mixed day secondary schools. It was recommended that educational stakeholders should shift from considering type of school as being peripheral to academic outcomes and instead regard it as a key contributor to the educational outcomes of secondary school students. Keywords: Academic resilience; Academic achievement,Type of school, Secondary school studentsen_US
dc.identifier.citationInternational Journal of Social Sciences Vol. 3 (3), pp.1092-1107, 29th Jan. 2018, DOI-https://dx.doi.org/10.20319/pijss.2018.33.10921107en_US
dc.identifier.issn24545899
dc.identifier.urihttp://ir-library.ku.ac.ke/handle/123456789/18200
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherWorld Academy of Science, Engineering and Technologyen_US
dc.subjectAcademic resilienceen_US
dc.subjectAcademic achievementen_US
dc.subjectType of schoolen_US
dc.subjectSecondary school studentsen_US
dc.titleRelationship among type of school, academic resilience and academic achievement among secondary school students in Kiambu County, Kenyaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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