The effect of instructional media on performance in language activity among pre-school children in Nyaharwa zone Siaya County,Kenya.
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of Instructional Media on
performance in language activity skills among pre-school children in Nyaharwa zone in
Siaya County.
The objectives of this study were to establish the effect of Instructional Media on
performance in the three language activity skills for instance oral, reading and writing.
Finally the effect of teacher's knowledge on Instructional Media on performance in
language activity skills.
A descriptive survey design was used to collect data from 13 pre-school children of the
sampled schools.
The Instruments for the study were questionnaires for the pre-school teachers and
observation check list for the pre-school children.
The researcher collected the data alone and analyzed it using statistical packaging for
Social Science which computed percentages, mean scores and ~resented using tables
and graphs.
Qualitative data was analyzed by arranging responses according to the research
questions and objectives.
Findings of the study were to enable the researcher to make recommendations on
measures that could be taken to promote the use of Instructional materials in the
learning or teaching language activity skills in all pre-school, by encouraging the use of
locally available materials to make learning or teaching materials.
The study founded out that the poor performance in language activity skiffs was due to
inadequate and insufficient use of Instructional Media in the leaniing or teaching of the
activity.
Citation
Master of Education in Early ChildhoodPublisher
University of Nairobi
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- Faculty of Education (FEd) [5962]