| dc.description.abstract | The influence of home environment on academic performance of primary school Pupils in
English language in Kenya have been in the Public domain for some time and it is of concern
to education policy makers. This initiative aimed at improving performance in English and
providing quality Education. The purpose of the research project therefore was to investigate
the influence of home environment on English language performance in K.C.P.E in selected
public primary schools in Alego– Usonga Sub-County, Siaya County. The specific objectives
of the study were to: establish the influence of economic status of parents on performance in
English language, determine the influence of the education level of parents on pupils‟
performance in English language and establish the influence of family size on performance in
English language. The available related literature reviewed has revealed that there is
influence of home environment on academic performance of primary school pupils in English
language in Alego-Usongo Sub-County, Siaya County, Kenya. The conceptual framework
adapted to guide the study showed that there are several conditions which need to be put in
place to curb the situation. Descriptive survey research designed was used to investigate the
influence of home environment on English language performance in selected public primary
schools in Alego Usonga Sub-County Siaya County Kenya. The study population involved
was one hundred and fifty pupils in class eight and forty English teachers. The study used
stratified sampling technique to determine performing and non performing schools. The study
further used lottery method of simple random sampling technique to select 10 schools, fifteen
class eight pupils per school and four English teachers from each school. Questionnaires were
used to collect data from the respondents. The instruments were validated by three
independent experts in the school of Education at Nairobi University and their adviced were
used to construct the final instruments. The reliability was determined through a delayed testretest technique where the researcher piloted the instrument to the respondents in the selected
two schools that did not appear in the final study list of the sampled schools. The results of
the first scores and the second scores were computed separately. Finally, the first scores were
correlated with the second scores using the Pearson product moment of correlation
coefficient. Questionnaires were Questionnaires were issued to the respondents by the
researcher. Data collected were analyzed through SPSS. Data was presented inform of tables,
pie-charts and verbatim reporting. The study findings might help in formulating policies
geared towards involving government, curriculum developers and examination bodies in
planning of educational strategies to reconsider the influence of home environment on
academic performance for Kenyan Pupils, where further research on home environment was
to be recommended by this study. | en_US |
