Instructional materials and academic performance in Barwessa Zone Baringo North District Kenya
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Date
2009-09
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Kampala International University.College of Economics and Management
Abstract
School children, especially those found in the Early Childhood Development (ECD) stages to
!earn through the use of martial. Leaming has been known to take place more through seeing
than hearing. Many modem schools have understood this fact and are putting more emphasis on
them.
The study is therefore about the role of teaching and learning materials in facilitating learning. It
will endeavor to investigate the stress out by both private and public ECDS to the acquisition and
use of teaching and learning materials.
The research design will be descriptive survey aimed at gathering information from the target
population. The tools used are open and closed ended questionnaires that will help the researcher
source the primary data.
The sample frame will be drawn from the sample population ofECD schools in Barwesa Simple
and purposive sampling techniques will be adopted to provide the sample. Purposive sampling
used to select Barwesa zone. Simple random sampling will be used to identify 8 ECD schools
out of 12 schools within the zone. This provides a more than 66.7% of the target population.
Computer packages such as Microsoft Excel to enable presentation in frequency tables graphs
und pie charts for easy interpretation and understanding by the users. Discussion, conclusion and
recommendation will be made based on the finding of the study.
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Research report submitted to the Institute of Open and Distance Learning in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the award of the bachelors Education of Kampala International University
Keywords
Instructional, Materials, Academic performance, Kenya