Relationship Between SMASE Trained Teachers’ Factors and Primary School Pupils’ Mathematics And Science Achievement in Murang’ a County, Kenya
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2014-08Author
Gachahi, Michael W.
Kimani, Gerald N
Ngaruiya, Boniface
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This study investigated the relationship between SMASE
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trained teachers’ factors and pupils’
achievement in Mathematics and Science in primary schools in Murang’a County. Correlational
research design was adopted in this study. Stratified random sampling was used to ensure that rural
and urban schools in the County were represented. One hundred and nine teachers participated in the
study. Four research instruments that included teachers
’ questionnaire, a lesson observation guide
and two achievement tests, one in Mathematics and the other in Science, were used in the study. Chi
square and Pearson Correlation Coefficient were used to test the null hypotheses (α =.05). The study
found that
SMASE
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trained teachers’ gender, teaching experience and level of application of SMASE
skills were not significantly related to students’ academic achievement
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Gachahi, Michael W., Gerald N and Ngaruiya, Boniface (2015). Relationship Between SMASE Trained Teachers’ Factors and Primary School Pupils’ Mathematics And Science Achievement in Murang’ a County, Kenya. International Journal of Academic Research in Education and Review. 2(7), pp. 152 - 159Publisher
University of Nairobi
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