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Investigation of Self-Perception of Players in Sports in Meru Technical Training Institute in Kenya.
(The International Institute for Science, Technology and Education (IISTE), 2013)Technical Institutions like all other institutions of Learning in Kenya take sport as an important component of their educational programmes. The Kenya Colleges Sports Association organizes annual sports competitions ... -
Factors Contributing To Students’ Poor Performance in Mathematics at Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education in Kenya: A Case of Baringo County, Kenya
(Centre for Promoting Ideas, USA, 2012-06)Performance in Mathematics by students has persistently been poor. This study sought to investigate the factors contributing to the poor performance and to establish the strategies that can be adopted to improve performance in ... -
Factors contributing to poor performance in Kenya certificate of primary education in public day primary schools in Mwimbi Division, Maara District, Kenya
(Centre for Promoting Ideas, USA, 2012-03)Performance of students is a product of socio-economic, psychological and environmental factors. Education plays a significant role in political, economic and social realms of development. Secondary school placement, ... -
Influence of Mathematical Language on Achievement in Mathematics by Secondary School Studens in Kenya
(Research India Publications, 2012)Language is a system of communication, which is either spoken or encoded in written or signed form; its fluency aids an individual in logical thinking. The unique linguistic structure of mathematics makes the learning ... -
Effects of Social Change on the Welfare of the Elderly in Chuka Division in Tharaka/Nithi County in Kenya
(Centre for Promoting Ideas, USA, 2013-05)Elderly persons are an integral part of the population in the society and the process of aging becomes a challenge to them, who, if not assisted to fit in old age, would sulk and suffer low esteem. The elderly can equally ... -
Power play between the centre and the periphery: Problems and prospects of devolution under constitution of Kenya 2010
(International journal of Innovative research and and studies, 2013-09)The drafters of the constitution of Kenya 2010 cleverly introduced devolved governments (county governments) in order to decentralize power from the executive, then perceived as imperial. The devolved system of government ... -
Conceptualizing the Curriculum Towards A Renaissance for Theory
(Centre for Promoting Ideas, USA, 2014-09)The field of curriculum is awash with theorizing on the concept of ‘curriculum’ and ‘curriculum theory’. A meta understanding by scholars provides a generalized view through which curricula is conceptualized. The effect ... -
The Perception of Economic Assistance in the Northern Ireland Peace Process: The Impact of IFI and EU Peace I on Equity and Awareness
(Nova Southeastern University, 2010)Most international donors believe that promoting economic development deescalates ethnic conflict, thus enhancing the prospects for peace as ethnic communities negotiate settlements and bridge their political divisions. ... -
Economic aid in Northern Ireland and the border area: perceptions of how the international fund for Ireland and the European Union peace III fund impact reconciliation and peace building
(2013)Ethnopolitical conflict is often caused by the interplay of sectarian politics, psychocultural symbols and traditions; historically separate stories, economic injustices and structural violence among rival community groups. ... -
The Challenges Facing Kenya Slum Upgrading Programme in the Realizing the International Elements of the Right to Housing: A special focus on Kibera slum in Nairobi Kenya
(GSE, 2009-08)This study investigates the challenges facing Kenya Slum Upgrading Programme (KENSUP) in realizing the international elements of the right to housing namely: legal security of tenure; availability of services, materials, ... -
An Evaluation of Certified Fraud Examiners’ Perceptions of Behaviour and Lifestyle Change as Fraud Indicators
(The International Institute for Science, Technology and Education (IISTE), 2014)This is an exploratory and descriptive study that sought to investigate the perception of certified fraud examiners (CFEs) on the suitability of using red flag behaviour indicators to detect and investigate crime in Kenya. ... -
Supporting University Learning Through Mobile Technologies: A Global Perspective
(International Journal of Education & Literacy Studies, 2015-07-31)The workplace in the modern world continues to demand higher qualifications and refined competencies. In the recent past, workers would respond to such demands through learning by correspondence. When the Internet and ... -
Language Games and Language Teaching in Kenya: The Case of Kiswahili in Lower School
(Journal of Education and Practice, 2014)Many experienced textbook and methodology manuals writers have argued that games are not just time-filling activities but have a great educational value. W. R. Lee holds that most language games make learners use the ... -
Effectiveness of Differentiated Instruction on Secondary School Students Achievement in Mathematics
(International Journal of Applied Science and Technology, 2014-01)Mathematics is a fundamental human activity- a way of making sense of the world. Achievement in mathematics has caused deep concern in many countries over the years. In Kenya, mathematics competence is necessary for entry ... -
The Need to Integrate Themes of Environmental education in school curriculum in Kenya
(HRmars, 2013-01)Globally, the environment is under pressure from climatic variability and anthropogenic activities including deforestation, wetland and water catchment destruction, agro-chemicals use and urbanization among others. The ... -
The dilemma of career choice: A case study of Kenyan secondary school students
(Scholarly research journal for interdisciplinary studies, 2012-11-27)The purpose of this study was to investigate the variables that influence career choice among secondary school students in Kenya. The study was guided by two objectives: to determine the influence of peer groups on ... -
The benefits of mainstreaming environmental education in the school curriculum
(Emerging Academy Resources, 2013)The mismanagement and even over- exploitation of environment has been an area of concern globally in the last three decades. This is closely related to human activities such as mining, human settlement and agriculture. ... -
The Ten Miles Coastal strip: An Examination of the Intricate Nature of Land Question at Kenyan Coast
(International Journal of Humanities and Social Science, 2011-12)In 1886, the Anglo-German Treaty was signed between Britain and Germany to determine their spheres of influence in East Africa. Since none of them wanted to be in direct conflict with the sultan of Zanzibar, they decided ... -
Strategies Influencing Achievement in Mathematics and Competence in soft skills
(International journal of Innovative research and and studies, 2013-04)Mathematics is useful in daily life. It plays an important role in developing students’ logical, creative and critical reasoning, optimize industrial processes, solve problems, function with linear and non-linear thought ... -
Malnutrition, poor housing and disease: the woes of Tanganyika migrant laborers during the construction of the Uasin gishu railway 1922-1923.
(International Journal of current research, 2012-04)As scholars get interested in human rights violations during colonial rule in Kenya especially during the Mau Mau struggle for independence, other colonial scandals of lesser magnitude remain unearthed as this article ...
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