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ACADEMIC SELF-EFFICACY, STRESS AND COPING STRATEGIES AS PREDICTORS OF ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE AMONG STUDENTS IN PUBLIC PRIMARY TEACHER TRAINING COLLEGES IN CENTRAL REGION, KENYA
(Machakos University Press, 2022-01)Poor performance has been reported in Kenya's Public Primary Teacher Training Colleges from 2014 onwards. The goal of this study was to see if there was a link between students' Academic Self-efficacy, Stress and coping ... -
Administrative Factors Influencing Principals’ Effectiveness in Instructional Supervision in Public Secondary Schools in Mukaa Sub-County, Makueni County, Kenya
(2018-11)In Mukaa Sub-county, instructional supervision by principals is yet to be effectively realized. In many cases, teachers do not complete their syllabus and students also register low academic grades in both internal and ... -
Aluminium Material Flow and Value Chain Analysis in the Kenyan Industry
(2010)Vision 2030 is Kenya’s development blueprint aiming at making the country a newly industrialized middle income nation, and providing high quality of life for all the cit-izens. In support of this vision, this research ... -
Analysis of Challenges of Implementation of the Strategic Management Plan in Nairobi City Water and Sewerage Company
(2008-06)Challenges of implementation of strategic management plan The purpose of the proposed study was to analyze the challenges of implementing the strategic management plan in Nairobi City Water and Sewerage Company Ltd. The ... -
ANALYSIS OF SMALLHOLDER TOMATO FARMERS AWARENESS AND ADOPTION OF ICT-BASED PEST INFORMATION SERVICES IN THE CENTRAL HIGHLANDS OF KENYA
(Machakos University Press, 2022)Tomato is a widely consumed vegetable in Kenya and globally. It is an essential source of nutrients, income and employment. Pest infestation is one of the major challenges in tomato farming that leads to low- and ... -
ANALYSIS OF SMALLHOLDER TOMATO FARMERS AWARENESS AND ADOPTION OF ICT-BASED PEST INFORMATION SERVICES IN THE CENTRAL HIGHLANDS OF KENYA
(MksU Press, 2022-07)Tomato is a widely consumed vegetable in Kenya and globally. It is an essential source of nutrients, income and employment. Pest infestation is one of the major challenges in tomato farming that leads to low- and ... -
An Analysis of the Factors Influencing the Performance of Self-Sponsored Programmes in Institutions of Higher Education in Kenya: (A Case of the University of Nairobi)
(Machakos University, 2005-09)Education is a social and interactive relationship. Academic governance, accessibility and quality have become key academic performance indicators and subsequently a means of comparison amongst institutions and respective ... -
APPROPRIATENESS OF MNEMONIC TECHNIQUES ON LEARNING OUTCOMES IN PUBLIC PRIMARY SCHOOLS IN MACHAKOS SUB-COUNTY, KENYA
(Machakos University Press, 2020)Mnemonic techniques are memory strategies that help learners recall large pieces of information. They link new information to prior knowledge through the use of visual and acoustic cues. They have been proven effective ... -
ASSESSING THE USE OF TECHNOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS TO PROMOTE ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNING IN UPPER PRIMARY SCHOOLS IN KITUI COUNTY
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ASSESSMENT OF HEAVY METAL CONTAMINATION IN MASINGA RESERVOIR, KENYA
(2015)In Kenya, monitoring of heavy metal pollution is a priority area of research since their concentrations in aquatic ecosystems affect the fish industry which is a major source of livelihood.Therefore, an assessment of heavy ... -
ASSESSMENT OF HEAVY METAL CONTAMINATION IN WATER, SOIL AND VEGETABLES IN TWO URBAN STREAMS IN MACHAKOS MUNICIPALITY, KENYA.
(MksU Press, 2022)Presence of heavy metals in our environment is of great concern since the heavy metals bio-accumulate in food chains posing harmful health effects to humans who are consumers of food grown in such environments. This study ... -
Assessment of Integration of Information Communication Technology Tools in Teaching and Learning of Kiswahili Language in Public Secondary Schools in Kilungu Sub-County, Makueni County
(2018-11)Integration of technology in education is considered as a strategy of transforming the quality of education all over the world. The purpose of the study was to assess of integration of ICT tools in the teaching and learning ... -
Assessment of Research and Statistical Related Processes in selected Institutions of Higher Learning Kenya
(2012)Institutions of higher learning are mandated to conduct applied research and promote innovations among other functions. The purpose of this study was to assess four research and statistical-related processes in three ... -
Biomonitoring with Organism Traits and Impacts of SmallImpoundments on Stream Ecological Integrity and FoodWeb
(2015)Change of ecosystems and the associated loss of biodiversity is among the most important environmental issues. Climate change, pollution, and impoundments are considered as major drivers of biodiversity loss. Organism ... -
The Bootstrap for the FunctionalAutoregressive Model FAR(1)
(2016)Functional data analysis is a branch of statistics that deals with observationsX1,...,Xnwhich are curves. We are interested in particular in time series of dependent curves and,specifically, consider the functional ... -
Changing Political Regimes and Performance of the Nairobi Securities Exchange
(2014)The stock market all over the world play a critical role as one of the most sensitive indicators of the business cycle and one of the most influential variables in. the government index of leading economic indicators. ... -
Characterisation of key pests of amaranth and nightshades in Kenya and development of integrated pest management (IPM) strategies
(2018)Scanty information is available concerning the identity of the major pests of amaranth and African nightshades in Kenya and associated damage. The natural enemies of these pests have also not been studied in detail. In ... -
Characterization of key pests of amaranth and night shades in Kenya and development of integrated pest management (IPM) strategies
(2018)Scanty information is available concerning the identity of the major pests of amaranth and African nightshades in Kenya and associated damage. The natural enemies of these pests have also not ...
