Parent’s Involvement in Learning Mathematics

Abstract

This is a survey type research related to Parent’s Involvement in Learning Mathematics and its relation on mathematics achievement. The objectives of this study were to find the Parent’s Involvement in Learning Mathematics and to analyze the mathematics achievement of students with respect to the Parent’s Involvement. For this study, the researcher selected three public schools through stratified random sampling with 150 students and parents through random and purposive sampling. Mathematics achievement test for students and parent’s questionnaire were the main tools of this study. Percentage, mean, standard deviation and correlation coefficient were used to analyze the data related to parental involvement in learning mathematics. After analysis and interpretation of the obtained data, the finding indicates the mathematics achievements of students whose parents having setting well study room is better than that of other. Whose parents have electric materials like television, internet etc. they have better achievement than that of other. If the parents have always going school is better mathematics achievement than not going school. It shows that if the parents having always involve school programme they have better mathematics achievement than that of other. And the mathematics achievement of students whose parents have more time giving is better than the parents taking less time. This research shows that the mathematics achievement of students whose parents have always homework checking is better than that of other. The mathematics achievement of students whose parents having giving more motivator quantity is higher than that of other. And the mathematics achievement of students whose parents giving educational materials is better than other material. It is concluded that the different role of parent’s involvement is very essential for increasing the mathematics achievement. They are able to increasing mathematics vii achievement by providing facilities for reading and writing as well as parents guiding for doing homework by parents involvement with different role for encouraging. It shows that parent’s involvement on home environment, parent-school communication and motivator at home role was not sufficient, but they needed help and guidance educational activities at home. Then the parent’s involvement in schools activities should be encouraged and the government should consider developing and implementing policies that support this.