School Factors, Students Attitude, And Students Performance Among The Kenyan International Schools (A Case Study Of Rusinga School)
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Date
2018Author
Macharia, Eva Wangui
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The main purpose of this study was to determine the school factors on the students’ attitude and
the students’ performance among the Kenya international schools a case study of Rusinga
School, Kenya. School factors refer to facilities and provisions within the school surrounding
that facilitate the teaching and learning process. The study was set out to investigate attitude of
students enhanced by the school factors affecting the performance. The objective of the study is:
To establish the relationship between the school factors and students’ performance, to examine
the mediating effects of the students attitude on the relationship between the school factors and
performance and to establish the joint effects of the school factors and the students attitude on
students’ performance. The study adopted descriptive survey design. Questionnaires was to be
used to gather information from teachers, head teacher and students .The findings of the study
revealed that schools with adequate physical facilities, and instructional materials influence the
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students attitude positively and hence the students’ performance is greatly improved. Rusinga
School has adequate facilities like all classes equipped with projectors, internet and goggle
classroom used to facilitate learning via technology. This has resulted to students enjoying
learning and always on the internet to research and find new answers as a results they perform
very well in their exams. Students performance however for some students is affected by other
factors that facilitate negative students attitude and poor students performance thereof. The study
concluded that adequate facilities, qualified teachers, use of new teaching technology has greatly
improved the students’ performance and this is as a result of a positive student’s attitude. School
factor at Rusinga School has been found to influence teaching-learning process greatly. Family
issues and background factors have affected the students’ attitude and their challenges have
greatly contributed to some students’ poor performance. The researcher recommended that there
should be more studies done to seal the gaps and weakness revealed at the Kenyan international
school, in order to improve overall performance geared towards learning and teaching. The
researcher recommended the improvements of school equipment and school facilities that greatly
enhances students’ attitude. Parents, guardians and teachers should improve their relationships
with the students to promote a peaceful and conducive environment at international schools
which otherwise would affect the students mental status creating a negative effect on the students
hence affecting performance.
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University of Nairobi
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