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TPACK in teacher education: Using pre-service teachers’ self-reported TPACK to improve pedagogic practice.
(International Journal of Education and Research, 2020)This small-scale pedagogic research utilised pre-service teachers’ self-reported Technological Pedagogical And Content Knowledge (TPACK) to improve classroom practice in a Kenyan public university. Thirty-eight respondents ... -
Influence of subjective norms of family members on students’ performance in mathematics in public secondary schools in Migori county, Kenya
(International journal of research in education and psychology (ijrep), 2020)Performance in Mathematics has been poor at secondary level in Kenya despite initiatives like Strengthening Mathematics and Science Studies Education (SMASSE), providing text books and employing trained mathematics ... -
Factor Affecting Secondary Education Level of the Girl Child in Gucha SubCounty, Kisii, Kenya
(Research Journal of Education, 2020)There are wide disparities between the proportion of men and women not only in higher education but also down to the elementary levels. Some researchers have found out that the percentage of women in higher education in ... -
Coronavirus (COVID-19) - Kenyan case: A Review onprioritizing immunonutrition in Prevention and Management
(World Journal of Research and Review (WJRR), 2020)At the end of the year 2019, a novel virus, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2(SARS-CoV-2), causing severe acute respiratory syndrome expanded globally fromWuhan, China.The beginning of 2020 saw the ... -
Science Epistemological Beliefs from the Perspective of Culture and Gender in Co-Educational Secondary Schools, Kenya
(Scientific Research Publishing, 2020)The purpose of the study was to investigate the effects of culture and gender on the development of science epistemological beliefs among co-educational secondary schools in Kisii and Homa-bay counties in Kenya. The study ... -
Optimisation of Online Newspaper Headline Length with Characters
(East African Journal of Education and Social Sciences, 2020)The question of how many characters should an online newspaper headline have is still debatable. This study therefore, sought to examine the optimal length for the online newspaper headlines by using characters as the ... -
Effects of work-life balance practices on organization performance in Homa bay county referral hospital, Kenya
(Journal of Human Resource and Leadership, 2020)Purpose: The specific objective of the study was to establish the effects of compressed workweek on organization performance on public health sectors in Kenya. Methodology: The study adopted a descriptive research design. ... -
Evaluation of popular cassava varieties for yield and cyanide content under asal conditions in kenya
(African Crop Science Journal, 2020)Cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) is a staple food crop grown by smallholder farmers in the marginal regions of western, coastal and eastern Kenya. The objective of this study was to evaluate popular cassava varieties ... -
School environmental factors influencing academic performance in secondary schools
(International Journal of Novel Research in Education and Learning, 2020)Academic performance for a long time now has been recognized as an important output of any educational system. This success can be realized if the learning environment is conducive and supportive. Learning environments ... -
Challenges parents face in learning Kenyan sign language: hearing parents of deaf children’s perspectives
(African Journal of Education and Practice, 2020)Purpose: The purpose of this study was to find out the challenges faced in learning Kenyan sign language from the perspective of hearing parents of deaf learners. Methodology: This study employed case study design, ... -
Patterns of utilisation of motorcycle taxis in rural Kenya: a study of rongo sub-county, migori county
(2020)The utilisation of motorcycle taxis (MTs) as a public transport mode has increased significantly in many countries. Whereas this sharp rise has somewhat eased public transport challenges in rural Kenya, it appears to be ... -
Cloud Computing Adoption by Public Hospitals in Kenya: A Technological, Organisational and Behavioural Perspective
(International Journal of Scientific and Research Publications, 2020)Cloud computing has emerged as a technological paradigm to reduce Information Technology costs, foster collaboration while increasing productivity, availability, reliability, flexibility and minimizing response times. ... -
Breeding Grain Sorghum for Tolerance to Aluminium Toxicity
(Africa Environmental Review Journal, 2020)Aluminium (Al) toxicity is a common problem in acid soils where sorghum (Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench) is grown. It contributes to grain yield reduction of between 30-40 % in sorghum and other cereals. Al interferes with ... -
Fake News and Propaganda in Political Communication: Effects and Remedies
(East African Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies, 2020)Fake news has dominated the media debate the world over in recent times. Fake news is used in political discourses to portray the opponent as inefficient, alienated, outsider etc. Kenya had her election on August 8, ... -
Determinants of cloud computing adoption for health service delivery by public health facilities in Kisumu county, Kenya
(2020)Cloud computing has emerged as a technological paradigm to reduce Information Technology (IT) costs, foster collaboration while increasing productivity. Cloud computing if adopted would offer economic benefits (less ... -
A framework for adoption and integration of e-health in maternal healthcare: a case of sub-county hospitals in uasin gishu county
(, 2020)Electronic health has fundamentality transformed the way patient data is shared and accessed across health systems. In Kenya maternal health care still faces challenges including, inaccessibility of quality maternal ... -
Firm size and performance: an econometric analysis of the financial performance of deposit taking microfinance institutions in Kenya
(Noble International Journal of Economics and Financial Research, 2020)Firm size has been a dominant control variable in most cost finance studies involving organizational performance where it has been used as proxy for corporate competitiveness. However, its isolated effect on performance ... -
Aluminum tolerance mechanisms in Kenyan maize germplasm are independent from the citrate transporter ZmMATE1
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Adoption of Sahiwal Cattle and Household Food Security among Pastoralist Communities: The Case of Isiria Maasai of Kenya
(International Journal of Scientific Research and Engineering Development, 2020)Pastoralism enabled households to attain livelihood outcomes, including food security. Over the years climatic and socio-economic changes have affected livestock production practices and pastoralist have responded in a ... -
Modelling the Deflection of Reinforced Concrete Plates Using the Symplectic Method
(Journal of Sustainable Research in Engineering, 2020)This work aims to predict the flexural behavior of reinforced concrete slabs by combining a smeared finite element model derived from fracture mechanics for the simulation of the decline in the flexural rigidity of the ...