Motivation and academic performance of students in schools in Makueni District in Kenya
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Date
2010-12
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Kampala International University.College Of Education
Abstract
The study set out to determine the relationship between motivation and
academic performance of students of St John's Malivani, in Makueni district
Kenya. A number of schools were motivating their teachers and students to
stimulate the performance in national examinations. Despite this, the
performance of some schools in national examination were extremely very poor.
The research question was on the characteristics / personal information of the
teachers, subjects taught grade attained. The school previous performance,
types of motivation offered by the school management, and suggestions on how
to enhance motivation in schools.
Data for the study was obtained through structured interview, questionnaires
and observations were used to gather information and how they influenced
performance in the school.
A sample population of 10 teachers and 80 students were investigated. The
survey led to certain conclusions; first teachers experience in teaching and long
stay in the school was a strong factor for the teacher to enable them to perform
well in their work.
There were still no quality passes at national examination with most of the
students obtaining B plain. This could not enable the students to pursue quality
courses at the university or a middle level college. Subjects in which students
obtained high / better grades were taught by experienced teachers and to some
extent these teachers had a kind of motivation for good performance. So in a
way motivation contributed to good performance to some extent.
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Research report presented to the Institute of Open and Distance Learning in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the degree of bachelor of Education of Kampala International University
Keywords
Motivation, Academic performance, Students