Parental Background as a Correlate of Students’ Academic Achievement in Islamic Studies in North-Central Nigeria
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2019-07-03
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Faculty of Technology Education, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Bauchi, Nigeria
Abstract
Recent findings have assessed the relationship between parental background
and students’ academic achievement in senior secondary schools in North- Central Nigeria. This study was designed to suite quantitative research using
survey method. Its correlations were carried out based on the underlining
dimensions of students’ parental backgrounds namely: education, occupation,
income and involvement and their academic achievement in Islamic Studies. A
survey questionnaire was used to collect data from 384 respondents in
secondary school in North-Central part of Nigeria. The validity of instrument
was acquired after series of modifications by three measurement and
evaluation experts. For the reliability of instrument which is a pre-test, was
conducted for the questionnaire and the results from it were used to calculate
the reliability coefficient which was 0.76. The SPSS vision 23.0 was used for data
analysis. The outcome of this finding indicated and showed that, majority of the
Islamic Studies learners believe that parental background aspects such as the
education of their parents, occupation, income and parental involvement with
the means of 3.34 (education); 2.85 (occupation); 2.68 (income) and 3.47
(involvement) are correlated with student’ academic achievement in Islamic
Studies. However, it is recommended that the government should provide
enabling environment and enough facilities to the various schools in North- Central in order to foster students’ a
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This paper assessed underlining parental background such as education, occupation, income and involvement and their achievement in Islamic Studies
Keywords
Parental Background, Academic Achievement, Islamic Studies