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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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3.5 Valuation of Instrument
Validity is the degree to which a measuring instrument measures what is designed to measure. Every measuring instrument is designed for a specific measurement. For the research work, construct validity was used because it involves testing hypothesis about the structure of the research and also content validity which enable the researcher to construct his questionnaire and allow the respondents to freely answer the questions without panic.
The reliability of the research study gives the guarantee that the same result would be generated where the research is repeatedly done by the same person or different researchers.
3.6 Procedure of Data Collection
The accumulated materials used for the research project is divided into primary and secondary sources.
Primary Source of Data
This refers to the records of people who are eye witness to historical or social events personal interview is the technique used to obtain the primary source of data in Primary school in Saki-west Local government.
Secondary Source of Data
This refers to records of people who are closed to an event who are in good position to have valid knowledge of the event. The source of the secondary data include textbooks, visit to some web-site on internet journals of professional bodies, business papers, magazines and articles.
3.7 Method of Data Analysis
With a view to get generalized findings and recommendations, the researcher will use tabular form of data presentation and simple percentage will be applied to analyze various responses to the one hundred and forty four (144) questionnaires distributed among study population selected.
The data analysis that will be used in this research involves the processing of the data from the questionnaire so as to make meaningful in interpretation. The tables were used to give a clear view of the distribution of the responsiveness given by our respondents to each question in the questionnaire.
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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---
