Parental Involvement on Selected Grade IV Students’ Academic Performance atParadahan Elementary School Toward an Intervention Program

Abstract

Parents make a huge contribution to children's day-to-day activity in school. Their participation comes about in a better performance of the students and is supported based on the previous studies. However, at Paradahan Elementary School, despite their being present in school, there is a gap that led them to become inactive in some school duties and responsibilities. With this problem, the research paper seeks to find out the relationship between parental involvement and the academic performance of grade 4 students.

This study used Test-Retest Reliability of the Parent And School Survey (PASS) where Epstein’s six-construct framework served as basis to measure the involvement of parents to the academic aspects. The population in this study includes 454 parents and 454 students with a total of 908 individuals. Using Conchran’s Sampling Size formula, there are 418 respondents as a requirement for statistical analysis in Paradahan Elementary School. This quantitative-descriptive-correlational study used frequency, percentage, and median to interpret gathered data. To determine the significance of the relationship between parental involvement and quarterly grades of Grade IV pupils, Spearman Rho correlation was employed. From the tests formulated, the study revealed that there is significant relationship between parental involvement and students’ academic performance.

However, in spite of high level of parental involvement, it shows that the academic performance of students from first quarter is higher than second quarter. The study's implications could serve as a guide for parents to establish deeper connections and increase their involvement. Furthermore, the researcher suggested that the school should formulate ways in which trust and a strong relationship with parents are necessary.