Impacts of Parental Involvement and Parents’ Level of Education on Student’s Academic Accomplishment

Abstract

Parental involvement in school has been demonstrated to play a crucial role in children's academic achievement.This article examines the relation of adolescent's academic achievement to parental involvement and parent's education level, separately, grounded on a quantitative approach. All participants were middle-class dual-earner parents from eight cities across the United States. Spearman's correlation coefficient was used to find out if adolescent academic performance is correlated with parental involvement, and Mann-Whitney U test was utilized when children's academic performance was compared between groups of parents with different educational levels. Results show that children's academic achievement is only correlated with certain dimensions of parental involvement. Results further show that, across the board, children's school achievements do not significantly differ across the groups with different levels of parents' education if parents in all groups are equally committed to children's education. As a result, this study concludes that the effect of parental involvement on children's academic success differs by the type of parental engagement and that parents' level of education does not carry much weight over children's academic performance when all parents are actively involved in their schooling. Both limitations and suggestions for future studies are also discussed.

Parents’/Guardians’-Students’ Academic Discussions and Students’ Academic Performance in Twelve Years Basic Education Schools in Rwanda

“…Students become critical thinkers when they encounter discussions on home-related studies. Researchers have consistently demonstrated a strong correlation between the educational outcomes of parents and those of their children (Lim, 2021). However, Correlation cannot define the cause of performance; other factors like parental support, a conducive home learning environment, access to resources such as technology, and extra-curricular activities can be the foundation and cause of students' academic achievements.…”

Parents’ Educational Anxiety Under the “Double Reduction” Policy Based on the Family and Students’ Personal Factors

“… 49 Moreover, parents with higher education, especially those who have received college and above, tend to receive more cultural and social capital in the process of studying, and naturally can provide their children with better and richer education-related information, making it easier for children to form higher educational expectations. 50 In addition, the higher the family income, the more parents will want their children to receive a higher level of education. 51 Higher social values can be realized through education, and the family’s economic status can be maintained even improved.…”

Parental Involvement and Public Basic School Pupils’ Academic Achievement in Cape Coast: The Moderating Role of Academic Effort

“…This proposes that the more families support their kids' learning and instructive advancement, the more their kids will in general do well in school and proceed with their schooling. Most researchers have indicated that the impact that parents can have on their children's learning and achievement transcends income levels and social status (Lara & Saracostti, 2019;Lim, 2021). The most accurate predictor of a student's academic accomplishment, according to Fuudia (2019), is the amount to which that student's family is able to build a positive home environment that inspires learning.…”

“…However, in Ghana, there has not been any conscious effort on the part of the government to come out with a clear policy or white paper or a fiat of the sort (Fuudia, 2019). Notwithstanding this, some parents have continuously participated meaningfully in augmenting their children's scholastic advancement in the area of good home nurturing, supervision and monitoring of child school progress, and school governance (Fuudia, 2019;Lim, 2021;Oluwatelure & Oloruntegbe, 2009).…”

“…Hypothetically, when parents participate actively in their kids' home-schooling, they succeed in schooling and vice versa (Fuudia, 2019). This is so because children spent almost 87% of their daily life activities at home, all things being equal (Lim, 2021;Smokoska, 2020). However, this influence may become more potent when pupils put in meaningful effort in their academic activities.…”