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    Parent’s mathematics literacy and mathematics achievement of their children
    (2015) Dhungana, Dilli Ram; Binod Dhakal
    The study entitled with “parent’s mathematics literacy and their children achievement in mathematics” is intended to find out the relation between parent’s mathematics literacy and their children achievement of grade VIII students. To fulfill the objectives of this study, the researcher had taken primary data for parent’s mathematics literacy, student’s achievement and parents supporting score. The score was taken from the questionnaire. For achievement test a set of multiple choice questions was prepared. In the same way parent’s mathematics literacy score was taken by both multiple choice question and subjective question and also parents upporting questionnaire by yes or no form. For the design of survey research six different schools were select randomly from two different V.D.C.s The total sample students were 60 and their 60 parents for such the 10 student’s were select randomly from each sample school and their parents. The parent’s mathematics literacy score and mathematics achievement test score of student were divided into six different groups according to the division way of literacy score of parent’s. This score was compared by using the Karl Pearson correlation and parent's supporting variable score was analyzed by percentage and mean score. The coefficient of correlation showed that there was relation between mathematics achievement score of students and their parent’s mathematics literacy score. Also the parent’s literacy and their support to their child is more significant relation than others. Hence it is found that the mathematics score of students is affected by parent’s athematics literacy and their supports.