RESEARCH ON PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT AND CHILDREN’S LEARNING PERFORMANCE

Authors: Ding Bo & Subadrah Madhawa Nair

ABSTRACT

The objective of the present research is to investigate parents’ views about their involvement in preschool education and the Correlation between parental involvement and children’s learning performance. In the interview part, 8 samples were chosen (4 female, 4 male). The qualitative data were analyzed using emerging themes. The findings indicated that the level of parents’ involvement is higher and they think their involvement is very important for the children’s development and learning performance. A total of 400 complete survey questionnaires were used for data analysis. The result shows that parental involvement has a significant correlation with children’s learning performance.

Keywords: Parents’ involvement, learning performance, academic achievement

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