ISSN 2736-1756
Advanced Journal of Microbiology Research Vol. 2015
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© 2015 International Scholars Journals
Review
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.
Accepted 10 July, 2014
Abstract
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.