The Effect of Peer Presure in Education - 17388 Words

FACTORS AFFECTING ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS AT UGANDA CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY BY KYOSHABA MARTHA BBA (UCU) 2005/HD04/4262U DISSERTATION SUBMITTED TO GRADUATE SCHOOL IN PARTIAL FUFILMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD OF THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF ARTS IN EDUCATIONAL MANAGEMENT OF MAKERERE UNIVERSITY DECEMBER 2009 DECLARATION I, Martha Kyoshaba, hereby declare that, this dissertation is my original work and has never been presented to any university or institution for any academic award. Sign:†¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦.. Martha Kyoshaba Date:†¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦.. 1 APPROVAL This dissertation has been written under our supervision and has been submitted for the award of the degree of Master of†¦show more content†¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦ †¦ ... †¦ 50 50 50 58 58 60 Discussion of findings †¦ Conclusions†¦ †¦ Recommendations †¦ †¦ Areas of further research REFERENCES †¦ †¦ †¦ †¦ †¦ †¦ †¦ †¦ 61 APPENDICES ... ... ... †¦ †¦ ... †¦ †¦ ... †¦ †¦ ... †¦ †¦ ... †¦ †¦ †¦ ... †¦ †¦ †¦ 67 67 72 73 Appendix A : Questionnaire †¦ Appendix B : Reliability Analysis Appendix C: UCU students’ enrolment analysis 2006/2007 Appendix D: Pearson product moment correlation between former school background and academic performance †¦ †¦ †¦ 76 Appendix E: Letter of authorization from Dean, School of Education to carry out the research †¦ †¦ †¦ †¦ †¦ 77 7 LIST OF TABLES Table 1: Admission points and academic performance of some students who graduated in 2007 †¦ Table 2: Respondents by gender †¦ †¦ †¦ †¦ †¦ †¦ †¦ †¦ †¦ †¦ †¦ †¦ †¦ †¦ †¦ †¦ †¦ †¦ †¦ 4 31 32 33 34 †¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦Ã¢â‚¬ ¦ Table 3: Respondents according to age†¦ †¦ †¦ †¦ †¦ †¦ Table 4: Respondents according to faculty of study †¦ Table 5: Respondents according to the year of study†¦ Table 6 : Level of academic performance as perceived by the students†¦ †¦ ... 35 36 Table 7: