An assessment of the causes of poor performance in composition writing in secondary schools :

dc.contributor.authorChepkwemoi, Angeline
dc.date.accessioned2022-06-16T05:44:28Z
dc.date.available2022-06-16T05:44:28Z
dc.date.issued2022-01
dc.descriptionDissertationen_US
dc.description.abstractOver the years, the performance of students in composition writing in English language has not been good. Thus, students’ proficiency in English goes to a long extent to determine the student academic achievement in the overall. Student’s failure to understand the composition writing becomes a challenge in academic achievement. This study will seek to assess the causes of poor performance in composition writing in English in secondary schools in Kongasis county, Bukwo district. The study will establish the influence of teacher training on performance of composition writing in English in secondary schools in Kongasis County. The study will also identify the influence of teaching and learning materials on performance of composition writing in English language in Kongasis County. The study will examine the influence of teachers’ and students’ attitude towards composition writing on performance of students in composition writing in English language. The study will employ a descriptive research design. The study sample will be from 09 secondary schools. Data collection will be done using a questionnaire structured on a Likert scale. The collected data will be analyzed in form of descriptive and inferential statistics with the aid of Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 22en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipMadam Acen Rebecca Elyak, Busitema University.en_US
dc.identifier.citationChepkwemoi, Angeline. (2022). An assessment of the causes of poor performance in composition writing in secondary schools : a case study of Kongasis county, Bukwo district. Busitema University. Unpublished dissertation.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12283/1672
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherBusitema University.en_US
dc.subjectComposition writingen_US
dc.subjectSecondary schoolsen_US
dc.subjectPerformance of studentsen_US
dc.subjectEnglish languageen_US
dc.titleAn assessment of the causes of poor performance in composition writing in secondary schools :en_US
dc.title.alternativea case study of Kongasis county, Bukwo district.en_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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