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Effects of parental
involvement on students’ attitude and performance in science
T. A. Oluwatelure* and K. O. Oloruntegbe
Department
of Science and Technical Education, Adekunle Ajasin
University, Akungba – Akoko, Ondo State, Nigeria.
*Corresponding author. E-mail:
teluremrs@yahoo.com.
Accepted
10 July, 2009 |
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This paper examines the attitude of students towards Biology
and Chemistry. There was also a focus on the parental
involvement. This research was set out find out how parental
involvement influences students’ attitude towards, and
performance in the two science subjects. An attitude
questionnaire developed and standardized by the researcher
was used. It’s split-half reliability coefficient yielded
0.59 and 0.51 for Biology and Chemistry respectively. A
sample of four hundred and eighty students participated in
the study. Three hypotheses were raised and tested. The
result obtained using chi-square analysis revealed that the
level of the home influence has implication on school
learning and that performances of students in science are a
function of their attitudes to the subject. The phenomena
observed were discussed in the light of prevailing
conditions in most of the developing West African countries.
Conclusively, home influence can be a tool to enhance school
learning.
Key
words:
Attitude of students, biology, chemistry, parental
involvement, performance, level of the home influence,
influence of parental involvement. |
