Abstract
The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between parental involvement and academic achievement of children in some selected government primary schools of Bahirdar city. To achieve this objective, 180 sample students were selected by using simple random sampling technique. The collected data was analyzed through, spearman correlation, analysis of variance and independent-test. The finding of the study revealed that the statistical analysis on independent t-test showed that there was a statistically significant difference between male and female students with regard to their academic achievement (t =6.25, df = 178, p<0.05). The finding of spearman correlation indicates that there was significant relationship between parental involvement and academic achievement of students (r=.56, p <.05). The result on one way ANOVA displayed that there was statistical significant difference among respondents academic achievement with regard to their parental level of education (F 2, 176) = 17.084, P<0.05). In conclusion, parental involvement is positively correlated with academic achievement of students and males have better academic performance than their female counter parts. Keywords: Parental involvement, Academic achievement, Children DOI: 10.7176/JEP/11-7-06 Publication date: March 31 st 2020
Highlights
Background of the studyThe effort of Parental involvement is an asset in students’ academic achievement during elementary School alone, and throughout secondary school (Henderson, 2002).In relation to this,(Alexander KL. 1996.) figure out that,Parental involvement at home has a large and positive effect on students’ academic achievement just beginning at primary level and the impact of this on students’ academic achievement was much bigger than the impact of the school have, regardless of the parents education, income or family back ground.Parental involvement in children’s schooling experiences is becoming more and more viewed not as a complement to the work of educators, but as an important and crucial support for the academic, psychological, and emotional development of formative years
Objectives of the Study The main objective of this study was to examine the relation between parental involvement and children’s academic achievement, whether there exists significant difference between male and female students with regard to their academic achievement or not and to examine whether significant difference exists between parental level of education and their children’s academic achievement
The collected data was analyzed via quantitative method of data analysis that inculcated Spearman correlation coefficient, independent ttest, one way ANOVA and Post-Hock comparison (Tukey) was used to identify which group of educational level was differing from which level
Summary
Background of the studyThe effort of Parental involvement is an asset in students’ academic achievement during elementary School alone, and throughout secondary school (Henderson, 2002).In relation to this,(Alexander KL. 1996.) figure out that ,Parental involvement at home has a large and positive effect on students’ academic achievement just beginning at primary level and the impact of this on students’ academic achievement was much bigger than the impact of the school have, regardless of the parents education, income or family back ground.Parental involvement in children’s schooling experiences is becoming more and more viewed not as a complement to the work of educators, but as an important and crucial support for the academic, psychological, and emotional development of formative years. 1996.) figure out that ,Parental involvement at home has a large and positive effect on students’ academic achievement just beginning at primary level and the impact of this on students’ academic achievement was much bigger than the impact of the school have, regardless of the parents education, income or family back ground. The role of parental involvement has long been thought to be vital important to the academic achievement of their children. This role had neither been analyzed nor methodically studied using an experimental design until the 1960’sas study conducted by (AAU, 1995) indicates that Parental involvement can have a tremendous effect on the academic achievement of students. A research conducted by Bronfenbrenner (1979) recognizes that, the importance role as strong positive bond between homes and schools play in the development and education of children. Children who are academically successful hold positive attitude at school and are well familiar emotionally and within society
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