Classroom Management and Pupils Performance in Selected Primary Schools in Agago District Uganda
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2011-09
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Kampala International University, masters degree in educational administration and management
Abstract
The study established the relationship between classroom management and
pupils’ performance in selected primary schools in Agago 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 Agago district,
determine the level of pupils’ performance in selected primary schools in Agago
district and determining the relationship between classroom management and pupils’
performance in selected primary schools in Agago district. The study employed
descriptive survey design specifically the descriptive co relational design and ex~post
facto approaches on a population of 97 subjects selected from primary schools of
Agago 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 Agago 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 Agago 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 Presented to the School of Postgraduate Studies and Research Kampala International University Kampala, Uganda in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Master’s Degree of Educational Administration a and management
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Classroom Management and Pupils Performance, Agago District Uganda