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The Relationship Between Parental Academic Background And Primary School Pupils’ Academic Performance
[A CASE STUDY OF SAKI-WEST.]
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CHAPTER THREE
3.0 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
3.0 Introduction
This chapter deals with all the activities involved in the collection of all necessary data and information required for the research project. The chapter is set out to describe in full the following:
The research design
The source of data
The characteristics of the population of study
The sample and sampling techniques
The method of data collection
3.1 Research Design
Research design is a detailed plan outlining how observation will be made. The research design used by the researcher is experimental survey. Also, interviews, literature session and questionnaire would be used to gather all necessary information needed for the research work.
3.2 Population of the Study
According to Kombo and Tromp (2006), a population is a group of individual, objects or items from which samples are taken for measurement while the target population refers to the total of subjects (OSO & Onen , 2005 ).The target population for the study was the Pupils and parents of the 101 public primary schools and 2 private schools in Saki West LG area.
3.3 Sample size and Sampling Technique
Out of the 101 public primary schools and 58 private schools in Saki West LG, the researcher studied a sample of 8 public schools and 2 private schools headmasters from the eight selected schools which is 80 of the total population of schools. In each of the selected school, the researcher selected 10% of the pupils in primary four making a sample 144 out of a population of 3440 pupils. This is sufficient according to Gay (2003) who stated that a sample size of at least 10% of the population is sufficient.
According to Best and Khan (1993), the ideal sample is that which is large enough to serve as an adequate representation of population about which the researcher wishes to generalize and small enough to be selected economically in terms of subject availability, expense in terms of time, money and complexity of data analysis.
According to Sharma (1984) sampling is the selection of individuals from the population in such a way that every individual has an equal chance to be taken into the sample. Kombo and Tromp (2006) define sampling as the procedure a researcher uses to gather people, places or things to study. The eight schools considered for analysis were randomly selected two from four zone in Saki- west which include. Kinnikinni Baptist Primary school, N.U.D Primary school, L.A Primary school Isia I, L.A Primary School Onikeke, Oge primary school, Ajegunle Baptist Primary school, L.A school Taba, Olorunte Primary school, Omoleyin Nursery and primary school, Alaka International School.
3.4 Research Instruments
The information for this study was gathered by use of questionnaires as the main research instrument. The questionnaires were administered to the pupils and parent from the selected schools. Questionnaire is a set of questions prepared to ask a number of questions and collect answers from respondents relating to the research topic. The questions were in printed form and were to be answered by the individuals. The forms had blank spaces in which the answers can be written. Sets of such forms are distributed to groups and the answers are collected relating to research topic. A questionnaire is a series of questions asked an individuals to obtain statistically useful information about a given topic. When properly constructed and responsibly administered, questionnaires become a vital instrument by which statements can be made about specific groups or people or entire populations.
Inappropriate questions, incorrect ordering of questions, incorrect scaling, or bad questionnaire format can make the survey valueless, as it may not accurately reflect the views and opinions of the participants. A useful method for checking a questionnaire and making sure it is accurately capturing the intended information is to pretest among a smaller subset of target respondents. In a research or survey questions asked to respondents, and designed to extract specific information.
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CHAPTER ONE - [ Total Page(s): 2 ]CHAPTER ONEINTRODUCTION 1.1 Background to the Study So many reasons have been advanced for the poor performance of pupils in schools prominent, among them is the role of the teachers and Parents seem to depend only on teachers with the belief to change or transform their children to academic experts overnight and anything that falls below this expectation makes the teachers conduct unacceptable. Few people care to think of other factors resp ... Continue reading---
CHAPTER TWO - [ Total Page(s): 11 ]The responsibilities are overwhelming. They are accountable for the entire family income, maintaining a home, nutrition needs and child rearing. The influx of women to the workforce is another reason for less time spent with children. Naomi Freundlich (1997) reported a whopping 50% of the workforce is comprised of women and 55% of all women contribute more than half of their family’s income. Finding a balance for fulfilling traditional family roles of housekeeper and caregiver and attaini ... Continue reading---
CHAPTER FOUR - [ Total Page(s): 12 ]Key: SA- Strongly Agree, A- Agree, D- Disagree, SD- Strongly Disagree Pupils Response on Parent’s Attitude to Education SA A D SD ... Continue reading---
CHAPTER FIVE - [ Total Page(s): 1 ] CHAPTER FIVE5.0 SUMMARY, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION5.1 IntroductionThis chapter discusses summary of the findings, conclusions, recommendations, and suggestions for further research following research objectives.5.2 Summary of the findingsThe purpose of this study was to investigate the influence of parental academic background on pupil’s academic performance in primary schools in SWLG, Saki. Data were collected using the questionnaires as the main res ... Continue reading---
REFRENCES - [ Total Page(s): 4 ]REFERENCESAdewale, A. M. (2002). Implication of parasitic infections on school performance among school-age children. Ilorin Journal of science education. Vol.2 Pp.78-81.Alberta Education & Patricia Makenzie . (2003) .Alberta’s commission on learning.Alldred, P., & Edwards, R.. (2000). A Tlogy of parental involvement in education Centering on children and young people: Negotiating familiarization, Institutionalization and individualization. British Journal of Sociology of ... Continue reading---
