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Perception of teachers and students on corporal punishment in secondary schools in Bondo District, Kenya
(2013)
In Kenya, corporal punishment has been a mode of punishment until it was banned by the Ministry of Education in the year 2001. Before its ban, it was being used in nearly all the schools in Bondo District. Reports from ...
The relationship among school adjustment, gender and academic achievement amongst secondary school students in Kisumu District Kenya
(Sabinet, 2011-12-01)
Poor school adjustment leads to low academic achievement, behavioural problems, discordant educational aspirations and even school dropout. The current study investigated the levels of school adjustment and its relationship ...
Perceived home factors contributing to violent behaviour among public secondary school students in western province, Kenya
(Scholarlink Research Institute, 2011-02-01)
Violent behavior is not a new phenomenon in the contemporary educational system. It is manifested in the form of rioting, sexual violence, fighting and bullying. These destructive activities contribute to physical disabilities, ...
The Perceived Discrepancy Between the Teaching of Christian Religious Education and Acquisition of Social Relating Skills Amongst Secondary Schools Students in Kisumu East …
(2011-05)
Previous research and document evidence obtainable in popular media has consistently reported that Kenyan students’ social standing and general conduct in the wider society does not reflect acquisition and practice of ...
Culturing Brachionus rotundiformis Tschugunoff (Rotifera) using dried foods: application of gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA)
(Springer International Publishing, 2017-07-01)
This study investigated the population growth of the rotifer Brachionus rotundiformis (S-type) in batch cultures using dried Nannochloropsis oculata and Chlorella vulgaris with gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) supplementation. ...
Effect of starvation and accumulation of generations on mixis induction in offspring of the monogonont rotifer Brachionus manjavacas hatched from resting eggs
(Springer International Publishing, 2017-07-01)
The effect of starvation on sexual reproduction in cyclic parthenogenetic rotifers has been studied using life history experiment. Short-time starvation of rotifers that experienced starvation immediately after hatching ...
Effect of replacing marine protein with hydrolyzed feather meal on growth, apparent digestibility and body composition of juvenile tilapias; Oreochromis mossambicus (peters, 1852)
(KENYA MARINE AND FISHERIES RESEARCH INSTITUTE, 2017)
The effects of substituting hydrolyzed feather meal for fresh water shrimp meal on growth, apparent digestibility and body composition in tilapia Oreochromis mossambicus were evaluated under laboratory condition. Five ...
The potential of periphyton based aquaculture for nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus L.) production. a review
(Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute, 2014)
The rapid growth in aquaculture has triggered new technological advancement such as periphyton based aquaculture. Periphyton is comprised of groups of algae, filamentous bacteria etc. This technology works on the basis of ...
Analysis of Farmers’ Perceptions of the Effects of Climate Change in Kenya: The Case of Kyuso District
(Moi University Press,, 2012)
A cross-sectional analysis was carried out to evaluate how farmers in Kyuso District have perceived climate change. Data was collected from 246 farmers from six locations sampled out through a multistage and simple random ...
Planting the Future: The Spiritual Legacy of Wangari Maathai
(Rowman & Littlefield, 2018-10-25)
This concluding chapter pursues a deeper understanding of actions taken by Wangari Maathai to maintain spiritual connections between everyday life and the environment. We do so by explaining how traditional spiritual beliefs ...