Abstract: This study was aimed to analyze determinants of the classroom participation of students' at Hawassa University. In conducting the study, qualitative method with detailed description was used. To collect data in-depth interviews participating eighteen students from first year undergraduate educational planning and management department were used. The findings of the study disclosed that; there were different institutional and individual determinants affecting the classroom participation of the student's at Hawassa University. The institutional determinants from the university side includes; large class size and block teaching schedule; the individuals determinants from instructors side includes, improper allocation and utilization of course materials, lack of connecting classroom participation with performance evaluation of the students; poor teaching methods and absence of proper feedbacks......
Key words: Analysis, Determinants, Classroom, Participation, Students
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