Parental involvement in children's schooling: the difference between primary and secondary schools in Malaysia
Research in parental involvement in students’ learning has shown significant impact on students’ success and achievement. The aim of the study was to investigate the extent of parental involvement among primary and secondary school children in Malaysia. An extension of parental involvement model b...
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| Format: | Conference or Workshop Item |
| Language: | English |
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2015
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| Online Access: | http://irep.iium.edu.my/46045/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/46045/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/46045/1/46045.pdf |
| Summary: | Research in parental involvement in students’ learning has shown significant impact on students’ success and
achievement. The aim of the study was to investigate the extent of parental involvement among primary and secondary
school children in Malaysia. An extension of parental involvement model by Epstein has been used as a framework of this
study to investigate parental involvement among primary and secondary school levers.The factors of parental involvement
studied were parenting, volunteering, communicating, collaborating with community, religiosity, school engagement, life
goal achievement and learn at home. A total of 916 students responded to the questionnaires. An independent t-test was used
to analyze the data. Overall findings indicate a significant difference between parental involvement in primary and secondary
school level . Further details and discussions are elaborated. |
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