dc.contributor.author |
Korir Daniel K. |
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dc.contributor.author |
Kipkemboi Felix |
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dc.date.accessioned |
2019-01-31T11:37:57Z |
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dc.date.available |
2019-01-31T11:37:57Z |
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dc.date.issued |
2013 |
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dc.identifier.issn |
2141-6990 |
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dc.identifier.uri |
http://ir.mu.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/2600 |
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dc.description.abstract |
This study examined the relationship between students’ role performance (SRP) and their academic performance
based on a study conducted in secondary schools in Vihiga County, Kenya. In the study, students’ role
performance was considered one of the major psychosocial factors that influence students’ academic
performance. The study used a correlation research design and subjects were randomly selected from twenty-
one public secondary schools. Questionnaires of the five point Likert type were used to collect data pertaining to
students’ role performance and students’ academic performance were obtained from school records. Multiple
regression analysis was the main technique of data analysis. The findings of the study showed that student’ role
performance made significant contribution to the students’ academic performance. However, student role
performance had a negative effect on students’ academic performance. Students with positive attitude towards
their academic work and their teachers and who attend school regularly perceive themselves as high achievers
and tend to perform better academically than those without such attributes. Student role performance contributes
more significantly to students’ academic performance jointly with intelligence. Thus, students should be
encouraged to seek advice from their teachers and fellow students in a bid to improve their academic
performance. Further, teachers should employ teaching-learning strategies that encourages creativity at the
expense of rote learning and parents should provide a home environment that promotes children intellectual
development. The findings of the study enables teachers, principals, parents and other stakeholders to have a
deep understanding of the effects of psychosocial factors on students’ academic performance. |
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dc.language.iso |
en |
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dc.publisher |
Scholarlink Research Institute Journals, |
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dc.subject |
effect, |
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dc.subject |
students role performance |
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dc.subject |
academic performance |
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dc.subject |
vihiga county, |
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dc.title |
The Contribution of Students’ Personal Effort in their Academic Performance in Vihiga County, Kenya |
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dc.type |
Article |
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