Pupils Perception Of The Influence Of Parental Involvement On Their Motivation To Learn And School Outcome
[A CASE STUDY OF ABEOKUTA METROPOLIS’]

CHAPTER THREE
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
3.0    Introduction
    This chapter contained the research design, population of the stud, sample and sampling techniques, research instruments, validity, reliability of the instruments, procedure for data collection, and method of data analysis.
3.1 Research Design
      The research adopted for this study was descriptive survey design. This is because descriptive survey design enables the researcher to obtain the opinion of the representative sample of the target population. This method is considered to be useful for the study which focuses on pupils’ perception of the influence of parental involvement on their motivation to learn and school outcomes.
3.2 Population of the Study
The target population was all primary four pupils in Abeokuta Metropolis
3.3 Sample and Sampling techniques
     The study involves three hundred pupils in primary schools in Abeokuta metropolis. Using a simple random sample. 150 pupils from private primary schools and 150 pupils from public primary schools in which the research was conducted. In each school, thirty pupils were randomly selected.
3.4 Research Instruments
The research instrument for this study was self-structure questionnaire on four likert scale for the pupils. The   questionnaire will contain items on pupil’s perception of the influence of parental involvement on their motivation to learn and school outcome questionnaire would be used to collect data for his study. Pupils’ perception of the influence of parental involvement on their motivation to learn and school outcome were developed by the researcher and sub-divided in two sections.
       Section A of the questionnaire provided personal information about the respondents. The information there include: type of school (private or public) age, type of family, gender and parents ’education.
  The sections of the instrument (questionnaire) consist participation.
Respondents were asked to respond to the items by ticking (v) the appropriate Coolum on SA- strongly agree, A-Agree, D- disagree, SD-strongly disagree where applicable. Therefore the instrument sought to investigate into the pupils’ perception of the influence of parental involvement on their motivation to learn and school outcome.
3.5 Validity Instruments
        The instruments were given to the researcher’s supervisor for necessary correction and inputs. It was also given to two lectures in the department of primary education studies, university of Ilorin for contents and face validity.
3.6    Reliability of the Instruments
    The reliability used split-half method and the reliability coefficient of 0.82 was established.     
3.7 Procedure for Data Collection
The researcher obtained permission from the head of the schools, proprietor and proprietress of the selected schools, class teacher and the consent of participants before administrating the instruments. The instrument was administrated on three hundred pupils in all the selected schools. The questionnaires were retrieved immediately from the pupils after completion.  
3.8 Method of Data Analysis
Data collected were analyzed using descriptive statistics of frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation and bar charts.