ABSTRACT
This study investigated Parental Influence and Academic Performance of Biology Students in BiaseLocal Government Area of Cross River State. To achieve the purpose of this study, five research questions were formulated as well as five null hypothesis to guide the study. The sample size of the study was two hundred (200). The instrument used for data collection was a modified four points likert type questionnaire and Biology Achievement test. Simple random sampling techniques was used to select the sample for the study. All the variables were subjected to test at 0.05 level of significance with 198 degree of freedom, using independent t-test. Analysis’ the rest finding of the study shows that all the· variables, parental income, parental education qualification, family size, parenting style significantly influence the academic performance of Biology students. Based on the results recommendations where made that government should educate and create awareness for the people on the importance of raising the size of family that they can cater for effectively, equally, the people should embrace the monogamous marriage and imbibe the concept of family planning based on available resources, some suggestions were made for further research.
TABLE OF CONTENT
TITLE PAGE
DECLARATION i
CERTIFICATION ii
ACKNOWLEDGMENT iii
ABSTRACT iv
TABLE OF CONTENT v
LIST OF TABLES viii
CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION
- Background to the study 1
- Theoretical framework 3
- Statement of the problem 9
- Purpose of the study 10
- Research questions 11
- Research hypothesis 11
- Significance of the study 12
- Assumptions of the study 13
- Scope of the study 14
- Limitations of the study 14
- Definition of terms 15
CHAPTER TWO: LITERATURE REVIEW
2.1 Family size and biology students’ academic performance 16
2.2 Parents’ educational qualification and biology
students’ academic performance 19
2.3 Parenting style and biology student
academic performance 21
2.4 Parents income and biology students’
academic performance 23
2.5 Summary of Literature review 26
CHAPTER THREE: RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
3.1 Research design 28
3.2 Area of the study 29
3.3 Population of the study 30
3.4 Sampling technique 30
3.5 Sample 31
3.6 Instrumentation 31
3.6.1 Validity of the instrument 32
3.7 Procedure for data collection 33
3.8 Data preparation 33
3.9 Procedure for data analysis 34
CHAPTER FOUR: DATA ANALYSIS
4.1 Hypothesis-by-hypothesis presentation
and interpretation of results 37
4.2 Summary of finding 45
4.3 Discussion of findings 46
CHAPTER FIVE: SUMMARY, CONCLUSION AND
RECOMMENDATIONS
5.1 Summary of the study 52
5.2 Conclusion 54
5.3 Recommendations 55
5.4 Suggestions for further research 56
REFERENCES
APPENDIX
LIST OF TABLES
TABLE 1: Independent t-test analysis on the influence of
family size on students’ performance (n=200) 38
TABLE 2: Independent t-test analysis on the influence
of parental education qualification
on students’ performance (N=200) 40
TABLE 3: Independent t-test analysis on the parenting
style on students’ performance (n=200) 42
TABLE 4: Independent t-test analysis on the parental
background and students’ performance (n=200) 44
