Factors Affecting Academic Performance Of Students In Biology Within Selected Public Schools Of Lari Division, Kiambu West District Kenya

TABLE OF CONTENTS

DECLARATION ................................................................................................................ ii

APPROVAL ...................................................................................................................... iii

DEDICATION .................................................................................................................... iv

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ................................................................................................... v

CHAPTER ONE ............................................................................................................... 1

INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................. 1

1. 1 Background of the Study ..................................................................................... I

1.2 Statement of the Problem .............................................................................................. 2

1.3 Objectives of the Study .................................................................................................. 3

1.3.1 General Objective ....................................................................................................... 3

1.3.2 Specific Objectives ............................................................................................... 1 ..... 3

1.4 Research Questions ........................................................................................................ 3

1.5 Scope of the Study ......................................................................................................... 4

1.6 Significance of the Study ............................................................................................... 4

REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE ........................................................................... 5

2.0 Introduction ................................................................................................................... 5

2.1 Conceptual Framework. ................................................................................................. 5

2.2 Discipline of Students and Academic Performance in Biology .................................... 5

2.3. Teacher's Attitudes Towards Students' Perfonnance in Biology ................................ 8

2.4 The Relationship between CmTiculum and Performance .............................................. 8

CHAPTER THREE ................. : ......................................................................................... 10

METHODOLOGY ............................................................................................................ 10

3.0. Introduction ................................................................................................................ 10

3 .1 Research Design .......................................................................................................... 10

3.2 Population of the Study ........................................................................................... i ... 10

3.3 Instruments.of Data Collection .................................................................................... 10

3.4 Data Collection Procedmes ......................................................................................... 10

3.5 Statistical Treatments ofData ...................................................................................... 11