Classroom management and pupils’ academic performance in selected primary schools in Emuhaya district Kenya
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Date
2012-08
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Kampala International University Uganda, School of Post Graduate Studies and Research
Abstract
The study established the relationship between classroom management and
pupils’ performance in selected primary schools in Emuhaya district. Four major
objectives were pursued and they included; determining the profile of respondents
in terms of age, gender, educational qualification and experience, determining the
level of classroom management in selected primary schools in Emuhaya district,
determine the level of pupils’ performance in selected primary schools in Emuhaya
district and determining the relationship between classroom management and pupils’
performance in selected primary schools in Emuhaya district. The study employed
descriptive survey design specifically the descriptive correlational design and ex-post
facto approaches on a population of 97 subjects selected from primary schools of
Emuhaya district. Self administered structured questionnaires were designed and
administered to obtain the required information. Quantitative data was presented
using frequencies and percentages, and Pearson’s correlation coefficient. The study
found a generally good level of classroom management good for the primary
teachers which assumed responsibility in managing the classroom. There was a
noticeable fair performance fair for the teachers submitting pupils’ reports.
Classroom management had no significant relationship with pupil performance (r=
.023, sig. =0.840) and it predicted 39.8% of the variance in pupils’ performance.
The study recommended that to achieve the best performance in fair and poor
subjects done in Emuhaya district, teachers and administrators should work hand in
hand to see it that pupils performance improve from being fair to be the best,
improve pupils’ performance in selected primary schools of Emuhaya district, since it
was found to be generally fair and poor in science and cater for individual difference
in terms quick learners and slow learners, age, gender, background, and always to
give test for assessment to learners after a given period more so in Science where it
was found to be poorly done compared to other subjects like Mathematics, English
and social studies.
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A thesis submitted to the School of Post Graduate Studies and Research in partial fulfillment of the requirement for award of Master of Education in Early Child Hood and Primary Education of Kampala International University Uganda
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Classroom management