| dc.description.abstract | The purpose of the study was to investigate the factors that influence Students’
KCSE Geography Performance, in public Secondary schools, in Migori district,
Kenya. The objectives of the study were to establish ways in which use of
teaching/ learning resources influence students’ KCSE Geography performance,
establish how students’ attitude towards geography influences their KCSE
performance in geography, determine ways in which teaching methodology
influence students’ KCSE performance in geography, and determine how
teachers’ teaching experience influence students’ KCSE performance in
geography. The study targeted all the 40 secondary schools in Migori district, 40
head teachers, 80 geography teachers and 2400 Students. The study adopted a
descriptive survey research design. The design was appropriate for the study
because the researcher was studying events and circumstances, which had already
occurred, and as they exist in schools. The study sample size (n) was 30 percent
of 40 public secondary schools within Migori district which was 12 schools. The
researcher therefore selected 12 Secondary Schools using random sampling
procedure. The entire 12 head teachers of the sampled schools participated in the
study. The study analysis used both qualitative and quantitative approach where
data was extracted from the questionnaire, coded and entered in the computer for
analysis. The SPSS was used statistical purpose. The findings and conclusions
presented recommended that more female teachers to take up a geography
teaching combination because this influences the students decisions especially the
female students who want to take up geography as a subject but they have no
inspiration from the teachers hence these could affect students’ performance and
attitude in the subject. The study recommends that learning resources should be
adequate and readily available for both the students and teachers for study,
understanding and research reference for geography. The teaching methodology
should be well diverse to cater for the needs of the students. Reading before class
improves on the students’ attitude towards the subject and it is a way of utilizing
the learning resources such as books provided by the school hence influencing
students’ KCSE geography performance. The study recommends that teaching
and learning resources influences performance schools should provide the best
resources and teaching methodologies in influencing the students’ and teachers
attitude towards the subject hence a general improvement in performance of
geography. | en |
