Teaching Methods And Academic Performance Of Learners In Schools: A Case Study Of Chisaria Primary School, Nyanza Province, Nyamira District- Kenya

TABLE OF CONTENTS

DECLARATION ... ............................................................................................................. i

APPROVAL ........... .................................................... ...................................................... .ii

DEDICATION ................................................. .. ... ....... .. .... .... .. ...................... ........ ... ..... iii

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT .......................................... .... ... ..... ..... ...................................... .iv

TABLE OF CONTENTS .................................................................... ............................... v

ACRONYMS ........................................................................................... ... ................... viii

DEFINillON OF TERMS AND CONCEPTS .................................................................. ix

CHAPTER ONE ...................................................... .................................................... ..... I

INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................ 1

1.0 Introduction ....... ... ..................................................................... .. .......................... 1

1.2 The statement of the problem .................. .. ......................................................... 4

1.3 Objectives of the study ......................................................................................... 4

1.3.1 General objective ................... .................................. ............................... ........... 4

1. 3. 2 Specific objectives ......................................................................................... .. ... 4

1.4 Research questions ................................................................ ............................... 5

1. 5 Scope of the study ... ............................................................................................. 5

1.6 Significance of the study ...................................................................................... 5

CHAPTER TWO ............................. ................ ..... ... .... .................... ... ..... ........... ....... ..... .. 6

LITERATURE REVIEW ................................................................................................... 6

2.0 Introduction ......................... .................................................................................. 6

2.1 Related literature ................................................................................................... 6

2.2 The Kenya education situation of the instrumental material on the academic

performance ...................................... .. .................................................... ............. ......... 8

2.3 The availability of instructional materials use academic performance of

learners in primary schools .......................................................................................... 9

2.4 Use of instrumental materials ............................................................................ 10

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2.5 Text books and other printed materials ......... ..................... ........ ... ........ ........ ... 11

2.6 Audio visual materials of instructions ............................ ... .... ..................... ..... ... 11

2.7 Programmed instructions materials ........................... ... ...... .. ............................. 12

2.9 Instructional media materials ............................................................................. 12

2.9 The impact of instructional resources on the performance of pre-schools ... 13

CHAPTER THREE ...................................................... ........................................... ...... .. 15

METHODOLOGY ············· ·····------· -------- --- ------------------ ---------- --········· ···············------ ------- ---15

3.0 Introduction ---------------------------------- --------------------- ------------------ -------------------------------- 15

3.1 The research design ____________________________________________________________________________________________ IS

3.2 The population of the study ........ ....................................................................... 16

3.3 The sampling __________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _____________ 16

3.4 Instruments ----- -------- --- ---- ---- ----- -------- ----------------- ----------------·---------------------------·--··-- 17

3.5 The reliability and validity of the instruments ...................................... ............ 17

3.6 Procedure of data collection ............................................................................... 17

3.7 Statistical treatment of data .... -----------------------·----------------- --------------------- ------------- 18

CHAPTER FOUR ...................................................................................................... _.. .. 19

DATA ANALYSIS, INTERPRETATION AND DISCUSSION ................................. ........ 19

4.0 Introduction ........................................... _._._ ..................................................... ____ 19

4.1 Social demographic characteristics ................................................................... . 19

4.1.1 Age ------ ---- --------------------------- -- -------- ------------------------------·---·--··---------- ------------------ --19

4.1.2 Marital status ·············------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- -19

4.1.3 Sex of the respondents ----- ----- --·---------- --------- -- -- --- --- ----- -----------···· ·············- ------ -20

4.1.4 Education status ..... .......................................................................................... 21

4.2 Availability of instructional material ................................................................... 21

4.4.5 The respondents were asked the research questions investigating

availability of instructional materials . ............. __ ..... __ .................... ______________________ .. ______ 22

4.4.6 The respondents were asked about the suitability of instructional materials

for children's use .................. ........................... .............................. ... ... ... _.. ............ ______ 24