Browsing School of Education and Social sciences by Title
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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, ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 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. ... -
A political history of Kenya
(Nordic Journal of African Studies, 1994)Kenya is a country of diversity just like USA. It has varied cultures and traditions. Kenya has 42 ethnic groups, Plus migrant races, whites, Asians and Arabs but have lived peacefully except last year (2008) when post ... -
Political Party Cooperation in Postelection as Ethnic Tensions (Kenyan Case)
(MOST EthnoNet publication: Anthropology of Africa, 1999)In most African states, general elections generate a lot of ethnic tensions. This is because most parties are ethnicbased or receive support from certain ethnic groups. When a party loses in an election, it is excluded ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ...
