Njobe, Makhunga Wintshi (1989) Effects of the Agricultural Science Curriculum, the School Environment and the Student’s Home Socio-Economic Status on Attitudes toward Careers in Agricultural Production. PhD thesis, University of Zambia.
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Abstract
The study investigated the main and the interaction effects of method of instruction, ability and sex on grade eight students' Achievement in Mathematics (SAM) in two Lusaka schools in Zambia. Seven null hypotheses tested the effects on SAM of: method of instruction, ability, sex, interaction between sex and method, interaction between ability and method, interaction between ability and sex, and interaction among ability, sex and method. The sample (N=96), was drawn from 1986 eighth grade intake population (approximately 1000) of one girls' and one boys' secondary school. An experimental and control class were constituted in each school by stratified random assignment. The study design constituted in a 2 x 2 x 2 orthogonal Factorial Experiment incorporating for control covariates: previous mathematics learning; motivation toward learning mathematics; home socio-economic status; and attitudes towards mathematics. Five instruments constructed for the study respectively measured SAM and each of the covariates. The Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) computer subprogram 3-way Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) with Covariance was used to analyse the main study date. The Computer output included a multiple Classification Analysis table showing the pattern of effects on SAM of the main factors and the covariates. Additional data analysis further investigated some of the main study findings.
| Item Type: | Thesis (PhD) |
|---|---|
| Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > B Philosophy (General) H Social Sciences > HB Economic Theory L Education > L Education (General) L Education > LB Theory and practice of education > LB2361 Curriculum S Agriculture > S Agriculture (General) |
| Divisions: | Africana |
| Depositing User: | Geoffrey Obatsa |
| Date Deposited: | 15 Feb 2019 11:22 |
| Last Modified: | 15 Feb 2019 11:22 |
| URI: | http://thesisbank.jhia.ac.ke/id/eprint/9012 |
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