A study of the relationship between parents' participation in pupil's learning activities to academic performance

Abstract

The study attempted to find out the relationship of parents' participation in pupils learning activities on academic performance; considering other characteristics of pupils such as their intelligence, household income, educational attainment of the father, and educational attainment of the mother among the Grade VI pupils in the District of Jaro, Division of Iloilo City for the school year 1988-1989. Specifically the study aims: 1. To determine the extent of parents' participation in pupils' learning activities. 2. To determine the first order relationship between parents' participation in pupils' learning activities and academic performance, controlling for each of the following factors: a. intelligence b. household income c. educational attainment of the father d. educational attainment of the mother 3. To determine the second order relationship between parents' participation and academic performance controlling for intelligence and household income. 4. To determine the third order relationship between parents' participation and academic performance controlling for intelligence, household income, and educational attainment of the father. 5. To determine the fourth order relationship between parents' participation and academic performance controlling for all the four variables, namely: intelligence, household income, educational attainment of the father and the educational attainment of the mother.