The Impact of Large Class Size On Students’ Achievement In Physical Education: In Some Selected Secondary Schools Of North Shewa Zone Oromia Regional State

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate the impact of large class size on student’s achievements physical education in some selected school of north Showa zone. The study employed a descriptive survey research design and quantitative and qualitative research methods Primary data were collected for the study and sample was drawn from 3 selected schools students, PE teachers and school leaders. Purposive sampling method was used to select the PE teachers and school leaders and among 2930 total number of students 352(12.01%) of them participated in the questionnaire and they were selected using simple random sampling method. To achieve this purpose, 352 students, 3 PE teachers and 3 school leaders were selected as a study sample. From selected schools, 206 students were males and 146 students were females. Those students were selected from grade 9-12. Self administered questionnaire were used to collect the data. The questionnaire contains total of 29 items. The data were analyzed using frequency, percentage, mean and standard deviation by using spss version -20 software. The result of the research show that the impact of LCS on students achievements during practical class of PE, instructional facilities and materials were unsatisfactory for all students, the awareness of students parent regarding the impact of LCS on academic progress were very low, managing and controlling discipline of large class sized class was too difficult for teacher during LCS, regarding solution of LCS, the number of student must be reduce according to the standard. Finally, based on the major findings, possible recommendations were forwarded as either minimizes the effect of LCS on student’s achievement during teaching-learning process of PE.