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Influence Of Family Background On Academic Performance Of Secondary School Students
[A CASE STUDY OF ILORIN SOUTH LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA KWARA STATE, NIGERIA] -
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ABSTRACT
Since secondary school students come from different families, it is basic that they have different family background and experiences including academic and social values. The success of students therefore depends significantly on the family structure which provides enabling environment or otherwise where learning could be encouraged. Thus, this study investigated influence of family background on academic performance of secondary school students in Ilorin South Local Government Area (LGA) Kwara State.
The target population for this study was secondary school students in Ilorin South Local Government Area, Kwara State. However, a sample of two hundred (200) respondents participated in the study. The simple random sampling technique was adopted to select the respondents. Five null hypotheses were formulated and tested using the t-test and analysis of variance (ANOVA) statistical measures.
The results of the analysis revealed that low educational level of parents affects students’ academic performance because it undermines their contributions in solving students’ academic challenges. Similarly, poor accommodation at home is another factor that hinders students’ academic performance. The results of the tested hypotheses revealed that there was no significant difference in the influence of family background on academic performance of students based on religion, parents’ educational qualification, contrarily, there was significant difference in the influence of family background on academic performance of students based on gender.
Based on the findings of this study, it was recommended that parents should adequately monitor their children’s academic performance. Also parents should ensure that cordial relationship is established between them and their children. On the part of the government, the three tiers should work out effective modality for the training of guidance counsellor and adequate employ their in schools.
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QUESTIONNAIRE - [ Total Page(s): 5 ]APPENDIX IUniversity of IlorinInstitute of Education Faculty of EducationInfluence of Family Background on Academics Performance of Students Questionnaire (IFAQ)Dear Student,You are requested to provide honest information as requested to provide honest information as requested in this questionnaire. All information provided shall be treated with strict confidence and used for the purpose of this study only. Section A: Personal DataInstruction: Kindly put a tick (√) to indicate the c ... Continue reading---
LIST OF TABLES - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]LIST OF TABLES Table 1: Distribution of respondents by gender, religion, parents’ highest educational qualification, family size and parents’ employment type Table 2: Means and rank order of responses on influence of family background on academic performance of secondary school students Table 3: means, standard deviation and t-test analysis of the influence of family background on academic performance of secondary school students based on gender ... Continue reading---
TABLE OF CONTENTS - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]TABLE OF CONTENTSTitle page Certification Dedication Acknowledgement Abstract Table of Contents List of tables CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION Background to the study Statement to the problem Research questions Research Hypotheses Purpose of study Significance of the study Scope of the study Operational definition of terms CHAPTER TWO: REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE Introduction Parental environment and academic performance of students Socio-econo ... Continue reading---
CHAPTER ONE - [ Total Page(s): 4 ]Generally, sibling research suggests that relationships between sibling structure variables and children’s academics performance can be attributed to differences in family background, variation in family economics resources, and variations in the quality of parent-child interactions. Programme international students Assessment (PISA 2000) stated that influence of academics and education success of students and school work which reinforce the activities and functioning of the teacher ... Continue reading---
CHAPTER TWO - [ Total Page(s): 4 ]Socio-economic status and academic performance of students Human beings are not equal in any society. Some are rich while other is poor. These condition affect or influence the educational attainment of individual citizens, Oyelade and Adebayo (2000), from the immemorial, societies have been divided between masters and servants, aristocrats and commoners. According to Berokon and Stationer (2002) people in the society are ranked into higher and lower society is ranked into higher and lower ... Continue reading---
CHAPTER THREE - [ Total Page(s): 2 ]CHAPTER THREEMETHODOLOGY Introduction This chapter presents information on the method to be used in eliciting information for the study. It further describes the research design, the sample and sampling procedure, the instrument to be used as well as its validity and reliability method of data collection and method of data analysis. Research Design The descriptive survey method was used for this study. Best (1981), noted that descriptive survey method enables the researcher to obta ... Continue reading---
CHAPTER FOUR - [ Total Page(s): 8 ]Hypothesis FourThere is no significant difference in the influence of family background on the academic performance of secondary school students on the basis of family size.Table 6 showed the result of t- test of respondents on influence of secondary school students. The results shows that the critical t- value of -51 is less than critical t- value is greater than the calculated t- value , of 1.96, since the critical t-value, is greater than the calculated. Thus, there is no significant differ ... Continue reading---
CHAPTER FIVE - [ Total Page(s): 3 ]Borg and Gall (1999) suggested that it is better for a researcher to discuss his or her findings from research on the basis of each hypothesis. The t-test and analysis of variance (ANOVA) statistical measures were used to test the five null hypotheses at 0.05 alpha level of significance. The results showed that four out of the five hypotheses tested were accepted. Hypothesis 1 stated that there is no significant difference in the influence of family background on academic performance of s ... Continue reading---
REFRENCES - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]REFERENCESAjiboye, S.K. (2002). Knowledge and attitude of religions leaders in Kwara State toward family planning. An unpublished B.ED degree research, University of Ilorin.Ajiboye, S.K. (2006) Prevention and Control of HIV/ AIDS as perceived by religions leaders in Ilorin metropolis. An Unpublished M.ED Research, University of Ilorin. Alawaye, A.S. (2006). Causes and patterns of examination malpractices among female secondary school students in Asa L.G.E.A, Kwara State. An Unpublished M.ED. Res ... Continue reading---
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QUESTIONNAIRE - [ Total Page(s): 5 ]APPENDIX IUniversity of IlorinInstitute of Education Faculty of EducationInfluence of Family Background on Academics Performance of Students Questionnaire (IFAQ)Dear Student,You are requested to provide honest information as requested to provide honest information as requested in this questionnaire. All information provided shall be treated with strict confidence and used for the purpose of this study only. Section A: Personal DataInstruction: Kindly put a tick (√) to indicate the c ... Continue reading---
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