Students' Involvement in Decision Making and Their Academic Performance in Embu West Sub-County of Kenya

Mati, Alexander; Gatumu, Jane Ciumwari; Chandi, John Rugendo

doi:10.13189/ujer.2016.041008

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“…According to Mati, Gatumu, and Chandi [31], the participation of students in the key decisions of their educational process increases their motivation towards school tasks, as well as their sense of belonging; therefore, there is a greater inclination to comply with established rules, which affects their academic performance.…”

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Socio-Emotional Skills as Predictors of Performance of Students: Differences by Gender

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Socio-emotional skills seem to have an important influence on the academic performance of students. This performance is usually higher in girls than in boys. Our aim was to determine which socio-emotional skills influence academic performance and whether gender is a variable that can explain these differences. The results indicated that the socio-emotional skills of adolescents were high, highlighting self-awareness, relationship management, and decision-making. The lowest scores were in social awareness and self-management. Girls obtained higher grades, and students with higher grades had a higher level of social-emotional skills, except in self-management, where there were no differences. Self-management was greater in boys and relationship management was greater in girls. Students who failed did not differ from those who obtained very high results, except in decision-making. Overall, decision-making appeared to be the most important variable in students’ academic performance. Therefore, it would be necessary to design strategies that promote this ability in students. Hence, the adoption of active and collaborative methodologies that facilitate the achievement of this goal is suggested.

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“…Different studies have already revealed the influence of self-awareness [29], selfreflection [30], and decision-making [31] in academic performance.…”

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“…(Fang et. al., 2013) Furthermore, it was found that students involvement in the key decisions of their educational process produces motivation, a sense of ownership and therefore a higher inclination to abide by the set rules, personal drive to meet the individual and collective goals, and an overall higher academic performance (Mati et. al., 2016)…”

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Development of Module in Cookery: Focused at Soups, Stocks, and Sauces

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This study was about the Developed Module in Cookery: Focused at Soups, Stocks and Sauces. The purpose of the study is to determine the validity and acceptability of the developed module in cookery.The researcher employed the survey approach to collect information. The researcher collected data and information from respondents using the survey approach. In addition, the researcher was able to obtain information from people polls regarding the component level of the produced module, its level of characteristics, and the relationship between the module's components and characteristics and student performance.The degree of the acceptability of the developed module among students was determined by the researcher using the survey approach, and to determine its validity using the ratings of teachers with similar specializations. The developed module can be enhanced in accordance with the criteria in line with the fundamental learning competencies and the demands of the students by properly analyzing the data acquired.The Level of Components of Module in Cookery in terms of objectives, contents, activities and assessment are highly accepted by the respondents. As to the Level of Characteristics of the Module, in regards to usefulness, relevance, adaptability and design it has been presented that it is highly accepted. The result of the effect of the components of module to the performance of learners was significant in preparing stocks in terms of objectives and content and not significant on activities and assessment and not significant for preparing soups and sauces. On the other hand, the result on the effect of the characteristics to the performance of learners was not significant in all practical tests.It therefore concluded that the components of the module have a partially significant effect on the performance of learners in cookery, which indicates that the hypothesis was partially accepted. Furthermore, the characteristics of the module have no significant effect on the performance of the learners in cookery, which implies that the hypothesis was accepted.Based on the findings and conclusion, the researcher recommends that the topics and sub-topics of the module to be reviewed again since it got the lowest mean from the results of the gathered data. It must be arranged chronologically and logically and the module s objectives must be practical, reasonable, logical, and easy to understand.

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“…This helps them to grow and develop into responsible adults. Mati et al (2016) promoted that student participation in disciplinary issues helps them grow responsibly and accept the consequences of their own decisions and actions. In his study, Hannam (2001) found that participative activities in both public and private schools improved school attendance, students' self-esteem, motivation, and attainment among the students.…”

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Impact of Student Leaders’ Participation in School Open Forums on Learners’ Discipline in Public and Private Secondary Schools in Machakos Sub-County, Kenya

2022

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This paper focuses on student leaders' participation in school open forums as a worthwhile practice of incorporating student leaders in school governance. Active participation of student leaders in school open forums is an opportunity for learners to participate in initiating and owning academic and discipline decisions made during the forums. Ownership of decisions translates to improved learners' discipline and academic performance. The study was carried out in Machakos sub-county, Machakos County Kenya to investigate the impact of student leaders' participation in school open forums on learners' discipline in public and private secondary schools in Machakos sub-county. The study was guided by two objectives; to establish the status of student leaders' participation in school open forums and determines the impact on learners' discipline. The study embraced a descriptive survey design. Simple random sampling and purposive sampling were employed to get the sample size. Data were collected using questionnaires for the students and teachers and interview schedules for the deputy principals, principals, board of management (BoM) chairpersons, and private school directors. Further, document analysis was done for triangulation of the information. The data collected was processed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences version 21. The statistics were tabulated and subjected to regression analysis using ANOVA and coefficient models. The study established student leaders' participation in school open forums was opportunity to express learners' views and suggestions on school routines, rules, and regulations. The participation resulted in ownership of school rules and regulations hence improving learners' discipline. In contrast, student leaders who did not actively participate in school open forums missed an opportunity to express learners' views and hence did not embrace reforms in the school routine, rules, and regulations citing their views were not put into consideration resulting in deteriorated student discipline levels. The study concluded that participation of student leaders in school open forums was significantly higher at (p) 0.003 than student leaders not participating in school open forums (p) 0.047. Hence the null hypothesis was rejected. The study recommended that school principals should organize frequent school open forums and encourage openness to encourage student leaders and other learners to air their views.

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Students' Involvement in Decision Making and Their Academic Performance in Embu West Sub-County of Kenya

Cited by 16 publications

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Socio-Emotional Skills as Predictors of Performance of Students: Differences by Gender

Socio-Emotional Skills as Predictors of Performance of Students: Differences by Gender

Development of Module in Cookery: Focused at Soups, Stocks, and Sauces

Impact of Student Leaders’ Participation in School Open Forums on Learners’ Discipline in Public and Private Secondary Schools in Machakos Sub-County, Kenya

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