scholarly journals To Establish the Effects of Principals’ Support to Teachers Through Mathematics Seminars/Workshop on Student’ Performance in Mathematics in Kcse Examination in Meru County, Kenya.

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (10) ◽  
pp. 145-163
Author(s):  
Honjen Thiharu Maingi Kirikua ◽  
Dr Paul Maithya ◽  
Dr Alexander Ronoh
Keyword(s):  
Student Performance ◽  
Mathematics Teachers ◽  
Target Population ◽  
Ministry Of Education ◽  
Proportional Allocation ◽  
Ex Post ◽  
Interview Guide ◽  
Ex Post Facto ◽  
Teachers And Students ◽  
Student’S Performance

Performance in Mathematics in Meru County, Kenya from 2012 to 2016 has consistently been deteriorating. The purpose of this study was an evaluation of how the administrative strategies designed by the principals affected students’ performance in the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) in Meru County. Objectives that directed the study were to evaluate the various attributes on student performance in KCSE examination in Meru County. The objective was to evaluate principal’s support to teachers through Mathematics seminars/workshops and student’s performance in Mathematics. This study used ex post facto design. The research instrument was Mathematics teachers’ questionnaire, KCSE document analysis for five years in Meru County and Principal’s interview guide. The target population was 299 principals and 836 Mathematics teachers in the County. This study used stratified random sampling with proportional allocation. The sample size was 30% of the total target population translating to 92 principals and 251 Mathematics teachers. Validity was ensured by piloting the instrument. Reliability was ensured by using split half technique. The findings revealed that principals were not sponsoring Mathematics teachers to attend workshops and seminars.. The principals cited a lack of resources and budgetary allocation to the low number of Mathematics teachers attending seminars and workshops. The findings of the study were expected to be useful to the Ministry of Education, teachers and students as well as other stakeholders in the education sector.

Effect of School Facilities Utilization on the Academic Performance of Secondary School Students in Wukari Metropolis, Taraba State, Nigeria

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sunsuwa Dauda LIVALA ◽  
◽  
Christian BULUS ◽  
Tyohemba Rita DAVER ◽  
Sunsuwa Chirmikat LIVALA ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Academic Performance ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
School Facilities ◽  
Ministry Of Education ◽  
School Students ◽  
Ex Post ◽  
Ex Post Facto ◽  
Teachers And Students ◽  
School Facility ◽  
Adequate Provision

This paper investigated the utilization of school facilities as they affect students’ academic performance in Wuakari metropolis of Taraba State. An ex-post facto research design was adopted for the study. The population of students comprise those who completed JSS3 between 2014-2017. Data for the study were collected using a School Facility Utilization Questionnaire (SFUQ) and School Facility Provision Checklist (SFPC). The results of the student were obtained from the State Ministry of Education. The data obtained were analyzed using descriptive analysis while t-test was used to test the hypothesis. The findings revealed that 17 out of the 25 schools are inadequately equipped. The finding also revealed that there is sufficient utilization of facilities by teachers and students. It recommended that government and relevant stakeholders should ensure adequate provision of school facilities and put in place supervisory measures for their utilization.

scholarly journals Effects of Principals’ Provision of Teaching and Learning Materials on Students’ Perfomance in Mathematics in Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education in Meru County

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 25-32
Author(s):  
Honjen Kirikua Thiharu Maingi ◽  
Paul Maithya ◽  
Alexander Ronoh
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Mathematics Teachers ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
School Administrator ◽  
Test Reliability ◽  
The Past ◽  
Ex Post ◽  
Ex Post Facto ◽  
Administrative Strategies ◽  
Resource Budget

In the past few years, Mathematics performance among secondary school learners in Meru County has been decreasing. The current study aims to evaluate various administrative strategies used by principals and their effects on learners’ grade attainment in Kenya Certificate of Secondary Educationin Meru County. The study examines ways through which principals support mathematics teachers through trainings, seminars, workshops and how the support is translated into students’ performance. The study adopted ex post facto design to collect data and analyze the information for conclusion. The researcher analyzed KCSE data over the previous 5 years in Meru County, interviewed the principals, and designed questionnaire for Mathematics teachers. A total of 836 Mathematics teachers and 299 principals across the county were targeted.Using stratified and random sampling, only 251 Mathematics teachers and 92 principals were engaged, which accounts for only 30% of the target. The researcher used split half technique to test reliability and instrument piloting to ensure validity of the data. The study concluded that principals provided little support to Mathematics teachers to attend seminars and workshops. However, principals defended this by citing low resource budget allocations and inadequate resources to support teachers’ seminars and workshops. The findings of the current study can be used by education ministry, school administrator, teachers, and other stakeholders during the decision-making.

scholarly journals Influence of Selected Personal Factors on Pupils’ Progression in Public Primary Schools in Trans-Nzoia West Sub-County, Kenya

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 42-53
Author(s):  
Evans Wasilwa Wekesa; Kiumi Kanjogu; Stephen Ndichu Thuku
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Primary Schools ◽  
Simple Random Sampling ◽  
Target Population ◽  
Personal Factors ◽  
Head Teachers ◽  
Ex Post ◽  
Ex Post Facto ◽  
In Trans ◽  
Collection Form

The purpose of the study was to investigate the extent to which selected personals factors contributed to pupils’ low progression in primary schools in Trans-Nzoia West Sub-County. The study adopted ex-post facto research design. The target population was 1815 teachers and 91 head teachers from 91 public primary schools. Data was collected from a sample of 313 teachers and 73 head teachers through self-administered questionnaires and data collection form respectively. Proportionate, stratified and simple random sampling techniques were used to select the subjects. Construct validity of the instruments was confirmed through piloting of the study. The teachers’ questionnaires were piloted in 5 schools in Bungoma North Sub- County and their reliabilities established after testing using the internal consistency method and Cronbach Alpha coefficient of 0.92 was realized. The instruments were deemed reliable as their reliability coefficients were above 0.7 threshhold recommended for social sciences research. Data was analyzed using both descriptive and inferential statistics with the aid of the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 21. Data was described and summarized using frequencies and percentages while hypotheses were tested at the .05 level of significance and using simple regression analysis. The results reveal that Personal factors influence progression of pupils in public primary school. The results of the study may inform the Ministry of Education, Boards of Management, parents and teachers in Trans-Nzoia West Sub-County and the country at large on factors to be addressed to enhance pupils` progression in public primary schools in the sub-county.

scholarly journals Problematika Pembelajaran Online di Masa Pandemi Covid-19

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 8-14
Author(s):  
Nicky Rosadi
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
Time Management ◽  
Survey Methods ◽  
Delivery Room ◽  
Important Thing ◽  
Ex Post ◽  
Teaching Principles ◽  
Ex Post Facto ◽  
Teachers And Students ◽  
Better Than

This study aims to analyze the problems of online learning during the Covid-19 pandemic. The methods used in this research are ex post facto and survey methods. The result is that online learning is not about what applications teachers use to teach their students. Teachers should not be busy debating which platform is better than another. However, teachers should realize that the most important thing is to apply teaching principles. Teaching is a process of making someone who doesn't know knows. The interaction between teachers and students is the key to conveying information. This information delivery room must be appropriate and easily accessible so that meetings between teachers and students can occur and give birth to neat and good interactions. In other words, a virtual study room must be highly accessible. In addition, the delivery of this interaction also needs to be arranged in such a way that students do not feel forced or forced to "eat" information from their teachers. Study time management needs to be applied in the implementation of online learning during this covid-19 pandemic. Based on the research conducted, it is known that interaction, accessibility, and time management really need to be considered in the application of online learning during the Covid-19 pandemic.

scholarly journals Learning Speaking Through Communicative Grammar On Systematic Functional Linguistics (SFL)

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-16
Author(s):  
Edy Suseno
Keyword(s):  
Mixed Method ◽  
English Education ◽  
T Test ◽  
First Semester ◽  
Education Major ◽  
Ex Post ◽  
Ex Post Facto ◽  
Teachers And Students ◽  
Efl Students ◽  
Teaching Grammar

Practicing speaking is very important for students to exchange ideas with others. Although having learned English for the years, many EFL students face problems in delivering the ideas orally. To overcome this kind of problem, an ex post facto research was conducted by observing the students’ scores in two subjects grammar and speaking. The students were in the first semester of the English education major. The research is to find out the material used in teaching grammar to develop speaking learning. To satisfy the aim of this study, the mixed-method was implemented. The data was analyzed qualitatively and confirmed quantitatively by the applying t-test.  From the analysis could be drawn that Using translation-method, podcast, noticing, and conversation in applying the communicative-grammar method enhances the students’ competence in speaking. It is very helpful for the teachers and students to implement it in learning grammar and speaking. It also provides the idea to other researchers to dig some deeper innovation in the same field.

School Plant Security Management and Students’ Academic Achievement in Public Secondary Schools in Akwa Ibom State.

2019 ◽  
pp. 122-129
Author(s):  
Nwosu-Kanu, D. ◽  
Oleford Ngozika A. ◽  
Ekanem E.E. ◽  
Akpanudo E.M.
Keyword(s):  
Academic Achievement ◽  
Secondary Schools ◽  
English Language ◽  
Security Management ◽  
Sampling Procedure ◽  
Ex Post ◽  
Ex Post Facto ◽  
Teachers And Students ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
Multistage Sampling

The study examined school plant security management and students‟ academic achievement in public secondary schools in Akwa Ibom State. Two research questions were raised and two hypotheses were formulated to guide the study. The design of the study was ex-post facto. The study population consisted of 48, 840 SSII students and 6755 teachers in 235 public secondary schools in Akwa Ibom State. The sample comprised 977 SSII students and 811 teachers in 118 Secondary Schoolswhich were sampled, using multistage sampling procedure. Two instruments were used for data collection. They are researcher developed checklist and questionnaire respectively titled “School Plant Security Availability Checklist (SPSAC) and School Plant Security Utilization Questionnaire (SPSUQ)”. SPSUQ was responded to by both the teachers and students. The reliability co-efficient of the instrument was determined using the Cronbach Alpha statistic. The Reliability index of 0.82 was obtained. Mean and Standard Deviation were used to answer the research questions while Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) was used to test the hypotheses at 0.05 alpha level. The findings of the study are that lacks of security devices in the school affect negatively students‟ academic achievement in English Language, Mathematics and Biology. The study recommended that there is need to overhaul the existing policy on school plant security as to ensure proper provision and utilization of the devices. It also recommended that government should make available suitable security devices and all the materials needed to make them functional.

scholarly journals Factors Impacting Students Academic Performance Using R Code Programming Language for Analysing the Data

2020 ◽  
pp. 404-409
Author(s):  
Adesina Fatimat. O ◽  
Akande Ademola ◽  
Ajala Abiodun. L ◽  
Kolawole Tolulope ◽  
Ogundeji Tajudeen. O
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Academic Performance ◽  
Student Performance ◽  
Programming Language ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Student Academic Performance ◽  
Ex Post ◽  
Ex Post Facto ◽  
Instrument Measuring ◽  
Management Students

<p>This work intends to investigate and propose a model that can be used by students, parents, teachers and education policy makers to understand and predict high school student academic performance based on pre-defined factors identified as capable of impacting students’ academic performance. This study uses ex post facto research design. An instrument measuring students’ academic performance has been used to collect data from the management students and R-Code programming language was used to analyse the data collected and there was a positive and statistically significant impact of learning facilities, age, romance and proper guidance from parent on student performance.</p>

scholarly journals We have efficacy but lack infrastructure: teachers’ views on online teaching learning during COVID-19

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Arnab Kundu ◽  
Tripti Bej
Keyword(s):  
Online Teaching ◽  
Design Research ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Empirical Survey ◽  
Ex Post ◽  
Long Run ◽  
Ex Post Facto ◽  
Teachers And Students ◽  
Teaching Learning

Purpose The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic led education institutions to move all face-to-face (F2F) courses online. The situation is unique in that teachers and students can make a direct comparison of their courses before (F2F) and after COVID-19 (online). This study aims to analyze teachers’ viewpoints for this unprecedented change. Design/methodology/approach The study followed a mixed-method approach within an ex post facto survey research design. Research tools were distributed among 200 Indian secondary school teachers following a heterogeneous purposive sampling technique. As the study was conducted during the pandemic backdrop researchers used Google forms and telephonic interviews to collect data. Findings Teachers viewed positively to this shift from F2F to online teaching-learning (OTL). They were found to have an overall moderate level of online teaching efficacy and where good efficacy prevails there found minimal concern for infrastructure, an attitude showing least concern for “what is not” and more concerned with “what they can do with what is having.” A statistically significant effect of teacher efficacy was found on their perception of OTL infrastructure that supports this strong conviction among few teachers. Statistical analysis revealed for every 1 standard unit increase in self-efficacy, the perceived OTL infrastructure was to be increased by 0.997 standard units which support the strong correlation between the two chosen cognitive variables (r = 0.8). Besides, teachers were not found as a homogeneous group concerning their reported readiness for online teaching yet, different subgroups of teachers exist which may require different approaches for support and counseling. Originality/value The paper reports an original empirical survey conducted in India and the write-up is based strictly on the survey findings only. An exclusive analysis of teachers’ views of their efficacy and perceived OTL infrastructure. At the same time, path-breaking in analyzing the chemistry between the two variables which will help improving apposite culture, practice and understanding of the digital pedagogy securing quality OTL in the long run.

scholarly journals Determinants of Preschool Teachers' Attitudes towards Teaching

2013 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
FLORENCE NJERI KINUTHIA ◽  
Donald Kisilu Kombo ◽  
Maureen Mweru
Keyword(s):  
Survey Design ◽  
Teaching Experience ◽  
Ministry Of Education ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
Negative Attitudes ◽  
Ex Post ◽  
Years Of Teaching Experience ◽  
Ex Post Facto ◽  
Teachers Attitudes ◽  
Descriptive Survey

This study sought to investigate determinants of pre-school teachers’ attitudes towards teaching in Thika Municipality, Kenya. The concern to stakeholders was the negative attitudes of the pre-school teachers towards teaching. Such a concern called for investigation. To accomplish this task, a descriptive survey design and Ex-post facto design were used. A total of 53 pre-school teachers and 12 administrators participated in the study. A simple random technique and purposive sampling were employed to identify study samples. In addition, questionnaires and interviews were used to collect data. The statistical procedures were carried out using the statistical package for social sciences (SPSS). Qualitative and quantitative techniques were employed in order to analyse the obtained data. The study revealed there were still low levels of training among pre-school teachers, teachers with few years of teaching experience were the ones involved in teaching in the pre-schools and teachers in public pre-schools were more positive towards their job than their colleagues in private schools. Among the recommendations were that pre-school teachers work under the Ministry of Education and an attempt be made to improve the retention level of teachers. Administrators should also work on modalities of motivating their teachers.

DOES THE KNOWLEDGE OF PRESENT AND PAST PARTICIPLES PHRASES CORRELATE WITH STUDENTS’ READING COMPREHENSION ACHIEVEMENT?

Lingua ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (02) ◽  
pp. 43-51
Author(s):  
Ismailia Putri Nor Rachman ◽  
Chusnul Chotimah
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Target Population ◽  
Past Participle ◽  
Ex Post ◽  
Present Participle ◽  
Ex Post Facto ◽  
Independent Variable ◽  
Academic Year ◽  
Cluster Random Sampling

This study was conducted with the main aim finding out whether or not there was significant correlation between students’ knowledge of present and past participle phrases and their reading comprehension achievement of descriptive text. It studied two variables: Students’ knowledge of present participle and past participle as Independent Variable, and reading comprehension achievement as Dependent Variable. This research was conducted to the students of grade ten at SMK Global Cendekia, Cakung East Jakarta in the Academic Year of 2017/2018 which consists of 3 classes. The samples were 30 students taken from the total target population of 124 students. The samples were taken through Cluster Random Sampling Technique. The samples were students at class 10 -C. The design used was ex-post-facto design in term of co-relational study. To analyze the data the researcher used the Person Product Moment correlation test that yielded sig, 0,000, which is lower than 0,05 (5%), and rxy = 0,844, which is higher tha the critical value of r-tabel 0,324.

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