Browsing Articles: Department of Education by Author "Nyaga, Milcah Njoki"
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Contributions of Selected Classroom Factors on Bullying Among Adolescents in Secondary Schools in Kenya.
Nyaga, Milcah Njoki (The International Journal of Humanities & Social Sciences, 2018-09)Bullying is a major challenge in secondary schools in Kenya. The vice is practised underground among students thus many students experience high level of bullying without the knowledge of teachers and parents.The study ... -
Contributions of Selected Family Factors to Drug Abuse Among Adolescents in Secondary Schools in Manyatta Sub-county, Embu County, Kenya
Nyaga, Milcah Njoki; Mwai, Kimu (Science Publishing Group, 2016)The aim of this research is to investigate the contributions of selected family factors to drug abuse among adolescents in Kenyan secondary schools. To achieve this, the study sought to ... -
Effectiveness of Physical Exercise on Primary Dysmenorrhea Among Female University Students
Nyaga, Milcah Njoki; Muriithi, David (2017-09)Primary Dysmenorrhoea is a condition that has attracted attention among the stakeholders in education and health professions. Primary Dysmenorrhea is chronic cyclical pelvic pain associated with menstruation in the ... -
Effects of Performance Ranking in Mathematics on Students’ and Teachers’ Identity Development
Njiru, Samson Murithi; Nyaga, Milcah Njoki; Karuku, Simon (Science Publishing Group, 2019-04)Student and teacher identities are generally considered to influence students’ academic performance in Mathematics. The objective of the study reported in this paper was to investigate the effects of performance ranking ... -
Performance ranking in school mathematics in Kenya: A device that conceals and naturalizes inappropriate teaching strategies
Njiru, Samson M.; Karuku, Simon; Nyaga, Milcah Njoki (2020-08)Teaching strategies have a significant influence on students’ academic performance. This paper presents results from a qualitative study that examined the effects that performance ranking in Mathematics has on teaching ... -
Performance rankings in education: Implications for policy and practice
Njiru, Samson M.; Karuku, Simon; Nyaga, Milcah Njoki (ACADEMIC JOURNALS, 2020-11)In recent decades, school performance ranking (or ‘league table’) have become a common feature of many education systems in the world. The ranking is usually published by government and news agencies in an attempt to ... -
Student-Teachers’ Acquisition of New Knowledge Teaching Practice Exercise. A Case of University of Embu
Nyaga, Milcah Njoki (Machakos University, 2019-04)Teaching practice gives student -teachers an opportunity to apply theoretical knowledge into practical knowledge. The student- teacher is able to interact with school administration, teachers and learners as well as non- ... -
Teachers’ Selected Factors on Truancy among Adolescents in Secondary Schools in Kenya
Nyaga, Milcah Njoki (SciePub, 2019-03)The study investigated the contributions of teachers’ factors on truancy among adolescents in secondary schools in Manyatta, Embu County, Kenya. A survey design was employed. The respondents were three hundred and twenty ... -
Youth Radicalisation in Kenya University Perspective
Nyaga, Milcah Njoki (2017-11)The aim of this research is to investigate the youth radicalisation in Kenya. The study sought to investigate recruitment of youth to the unlawful groups, sponsors of unlawful groups, gender prone to unlawful groups, ...