Tawakal Abdi Ali

Academic Performance as Affected by the Class Size

Effect of class size on academic performance of students in secondary schools in Borama District

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Produktbeschreibung

This study investigated the effect of class size on academic performance of students in secondary schools in Borama District. Class size is the number of learners under instruction of an individual teacher in a school at one time and in one lesson. Academic performance is the observable and measurable behavior of a learner after a teaching and learning experience.In Somaliland, the proportions of students failing SGSCE increased from 24.43% to 27.83%, to 37.49%, 41.22% and to 45.44% in Somaliland, and from 22.92% to 24.45% to 28.41%, 30.78% and to 37.07% in Borama District in 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015 respectively. Data was collected from a stratified random sample 306 Form Four Students in secondary schools in Borama District using questionnaire, and document analysis analyzed using simple linear regression technique. The study found that class size has a significant effect on knowledge acquisition, [F (1,304) = 50.078, p = .000; on attitude development, [F (1, 304) = 51.216, p = .000]; and on skill acquisition [F (1, 304) = 144.695, p = .000]. The study concluded that class size has a significant effect academic performance of students in secondary schools in Borama Distric

Produktdetails

• Verlag: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 84
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. September 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 220mm x 150mm x 6mm
• Gewicht: 143g
• ISBN-13: 9783659936456
• ISBN-10: 3659936456
• Artikelnr.: 45982244

Autorenporträt

Tawakal A. Ali, MED in Curriculum Management and Instruction and BSc in Education at Amoud University, Borama - Somaliland.