Doctor of Philosophy Theses and Dissertations: Recent submissions
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Influence of Teacher Perfomance Appraisal on Teacher Performance in public Secondary Schools
(JOOUST, 2017)Low teacher Performance in public secondary schools in Kenya remains the concern for the general public and Government. Teacher commitment in Kisii County has been unsatisfactory. This has been reflected ... -
Goal Orientation as a Predictor of Learning Readiness among first Year Undergraduate Students in Public Universities in Western Kenya Region.
(JOOUST, 2020)Universities in Kenya take first year students through an elaborate orientation programme which is meant to assist the latter to adjust to the new social and academic environments in the university ... -
Political Parties and Transition to Democracy :
(JOOUST, 2017)This study has looked at intraparty politics in Kenya through different transitional periods of democracy since 1921. It is premised on the fact that. in as. much as intra-party democracy is a desirable ... -
Strategy Implementation Drivers and its Effect on Performance of Tea Processing Factories in Kenya.
(JOOUST, 2020)Various prior studies have concurred that 90% of strategic initiatives fail, not due to formulation but, due to implementation difficulties. Failure of strategy implementation efforts ... -
Stochastic Optimization Modeling with Goal Programming of Management Systems for Sugar Production.
(JOOUST, 2017)The sugar sub sector is a strategic segment in Kenyan economy, as it is a source of livelihood to over one million people in Kenya. It offers employment and helps in rural infrastructural development. ... -
Effect of selected factors on quality education in public primary schools in kenya
(JOOUST, 2018)The quest to ensure that students achieve decent learning outcomes and acquire values and skills that help them play a positive role in the society is an issue on the policy agenda of the Government of Kenya. ... -
Effective intergration of play activities in early childhood development and education curriculum in Kenya
(2015)Children love to play as it is needed for both academic success and enjoyment. Play is therefore supposed to be integrated in teaching and learning of ECDE children. Despite the significance of ... -
Relationship Between Holistic Engagement and Academic Achievement Among Secondary School Students in Kenya
(JOOUST, 2018)Student holistic engagement, determined by the level of participation and intrinsic interest that a student shows in school, is one of the keys that can be used to unlock the academic potentials of ... -
Numerical Solution of (3+1) Dimensional Advection-Diffusion Equation:
(JOOUST, 2020)Advecrion-diffusion equation arises from modeling of physical processes in a wide range of scientific disciplines.The (3+1) dimensional Advection-Diffusion equation we derived can generally be written as; = ;! ... -
Perceptions on causes of poor academic performance amongst selected secondary schools in Kericho sub - county.
(JOOUST, 2014)The purpose of this study was to determine perceptions of causes of poor academic performance in secondary schools amongst selected secondary schools in Kericho sub-county. Specifically the study; was to; determine ... -
A Valuation Model for a Defined Contribution Pension Scheme Assets using a Contingent Claim
(JOOUST, 2017)Investment of pension assets are normally held in consideration of a financial market of different asset types such as stocks, bonds with different maturities or various financial derivatives. In recent years, two ... -
Influence of induction practices on service delivery by newly employed teachers in primary schools.
(JOOUST, 2022)Globally,studies have affirmed that newly employed teachers require meaningful support during their first year of service in the development of professional identity and construction of professional practice. ... -
Binomial Mixtures Based on Beta Prior Distributions and their Generalizations
(JOOUST, 2018)A mixed distribution can be obtained when two or more distributions are combined. The integral of the product of the mixture is determined for continuous case and for the discrete the sum of the product ... -
Modeling of jumps and mean reversion in the Kenyan interest rates.
(JOOUST, 2015)The Black-Scholes-Merton model of 1973 has been used and improved upon by various scholars and practitioners to model stock price, interest rates, options and other financial derivatives. Derived from this model are ... -
On Complete Positively and Boundedness of Operators on Non- Unital C*- Algebras.
(JOOUST, 2017)Properties of completely positive and completely bounded operators are fundamental in understanding the applications of operator theory in other fields like quantum mechanics. Up to date the question as to whether com• ... -
Influence of Accounting Security Threats on the Relationship between Computerized Financial Systems and Audit Risk Management in Public Institutions
(JOOUST, 2019)The rapid change in information technology, the wide spread of user-friendly systems and the great desire of organizations to acquire and implement up-to-date computerized financial systems and software's. ... -
Opportunities of Recreational Ecotourism in Water Resources within Beach Environments of Lake Victoria.
(JOOUST, 2017)Ecotourism, one of the world's biggest revenue generating industries world over, utilizes natural water resources as recreational destinations in most economies around the world. However, developing nations, ... -
Influence of Strategic Drivers on Performance of Cultural Heritage Tourism in Western Kenya.
(JOOUST, 2018)The purpose of this study was to determine the influence of strategic drivers on performance of cultural heritage tourism in Western Kenya. The research objectives were: to analyze the influence of strategic ... -
Assessment of Factors Related to Academic Achievement in Mathematics among Secondary School Students in Kenya.
(JOOUST, 2015)Performance in mathematics in Masaba Sub-County, Kenya has been poor for many years. In 2010 the mean score was 3 .2282, while in 2011 it had a mean score of 3.9528 and in 2012 it had a mean of 4.0660 which is far ... -
Selected teacher variables influencing mathematics achievement among secondary school students in Western Kenya:
(2015)The study investigated selected teacher variables influencing achievement in mathematics among secondary school students in western Kenya. A comparison was made between teachers holding a ...