Parental Involvement Strategies Vis-à-Vis Academic Performance of Junior High School Students in Mathematics

Abstract

This study covered 237 students of Angat National High School in Taboc, Angat, Bulacan-Philippines particularly the students of Junior High School department for the 2nd Grading Period of the Academic Year 2017-2018. This was delimited to 40 percent sample randomly chosen from the population of 581junior high school, and the 237 parents of the total student respondents. Descriptive correlational method of research was utilized in this study with questionnaire as the main instrument for gathering data. Academic performance was quantified using the grade point average of students in Mathematics. 23 students or 9.7 percent were in the "advanced proficiency level in Mathematics. Generally, the overall performance of the students in Mathematics may be described as "approaching proficiency. The results of analysis of variance revealed and F-ratio of .990 with associated probability of p=.422 which indicates that the parental involvement strategies like mentoring, parental involvement initiatives, awarding scheme and achievement recognition affect the academic performance of the students in Mathematics but not to a significant extent. Since the associated probabilities of the coefficients were found to be higher than the significance level set at .05, it was found to be non-significant. The null hypothesis is sustained. Conclusions were drawn and recommendations were offered.

Parental Involvement and Student Achievement: A Meta-analysis of Publications in the Scopus Database

“…This shows that there is a positive correlation between parental involvement and student achievement. This shows conformity with previous findings which concluded that parental involvement has a positive effect on achievement at various levels of education, such as kindergarten, elementary, junior high, high school, to adult education and university students (Aquino et al, 2019;Batič & Kac, 2020;Bazán-Ramírez et al, 2022;Cui et al, 2021;Krishnan & A, 2019;Qin et al, 2021;Xiang & Chiu, 2021). This means that the better the involvement of parents, the better the achievement of their children.…”

Pengembangan Aplikasi SI-PAUD sebagai Media Penilaian Perkembangan Anak Usia Dini

“…Menurut penelitian, sebagian besar guru PAUD sudah menggunakan gadget sebagai alat bantu dalam kegiatan sehari-hari dan dapat menggunakan fitur-fitur teknologi dengan baik (Aquino et al, 2019;dos Reis et al, 2019;Nasution, 2019;Ng & Teoh, 2019;Waree, 2019). Kelebihan gadget sebagai alat pendukung dalam pembelajaran dan bahan bacaan tidak dapat dipandang sebelah mata (Ishartono et al, 2023;Ishida et al, 2023;Jamaluddin et al, 2023;Richardo et al, 2023;Sagge & Segura, 2023).…”

Role of Parent-Teacher Partnership in Learners’ Academic Performance

“…According to Aquino (2013), parental involvement practices in the Philippines are limited and these practices may be different from culture and society to society. Parental involvement may have different types, which might have a differential influence on the academic performance of their children.…”

“…In the local context, the present study which is situated in Dolores District, parental involvement is very limited especially in some school activities which require their participation and collaboration. According to Aquino (2013), parent involvement practices in the Philippines are limited; hence, policies regarding home-collaboration at national, regional, division, and school levels must still be developed. Limited parental involvement in school especially in English learning happened, probably because they do not realize that it is part of parents' duties and obligations to be involved in all aspects of their child's learning.…”