Publication: Analysis of Factors That Results To Poor Performance of Students in Physics in K.C.S.E Level in Makindu Division in Makueni County; A Case of Syumile Secondary School in Makueni County.
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2014-10
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Mount Kenya University
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The purpose of this study was to investigate the factors that affect performance of students in
physics at Syumile secondary school. This study was carried to enable the researcher to make the
appropriate recommendations that were address the situation. Syumile is a doubled streamed
with student population of three hundred. A sample of forty students was picked by stratified
sampling as respondence. This sample was given questionnaires to fill and return to the
researcher for analysis. Three questionnaires were not returned by respondents. One teacher was
also given a questionnaire to fill. The data was interpreted and explained using tables and
percentages. Other records were collected from teachers’ mark books, admission registers and
director of studies office. From the results obtained, it was established why the students perform
poorly in physics at K.C.S.E level. The factors that the researcher expected to be the cause of
poor performance in general were numerous and diverse. Among them included poor economical
status, low students entry marks(L.S.E), lack of learning resources(L.L.R), facilities and poor
teaching methods(P.T.M) among others. The researcher recommended for an urgent address to
these factors in order to improve students’ performance in physics. This could be done through
admission of students with high marks, purchase of more facilities and resources by school
through financial assistance from the government or donors/well wishers.The teachers should
also conduct more practicals and use various teaching methods to motivate the learners. This
should make students in Syumile secondary school learn more efficiently thus improving their
performance in physics at K.C.S.E level.
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