SOCIO – ECONOMIC STATUS OF PARENTS AND SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS’ ACHIEVEMENT IN MATHEMATICS IN RIVERS STATE, NIGERIA
Journal Title: Academic Research International - Year 2013, Vol 4, Issue 3
Abstract
This research study focused on the relationship between socio-economic status (SES) of parents and students’ achievement in mathematicsat the senior secondary school level in Rivers State, Nigeria. The ex-post facto research design was adopted for this study, since already conducted mathematics test scores of the students were retrieved and used for the analysis. Furthermore data were elicited through the socioeconomic status (SES) and students’ achievement in mathematics questionnaire (SESASMQ). This questionnaire has twelve (12) question items related to socioeconomic status (SES) and students’ achievement in mathematics. A population of 10,120 students was involved in the study out of which 4510 were chosen for the sample using the Yarrow Yamen’s formula. The data were analyzed using the Z – test static, means and simple percentage. The findings were that to a low extent socioeconomic status (SES) of parents related to students’ achievement in mathematics. However, the hypothesis testing showed that there is a significant relationship between socio-economic status (SES) of parents and students achievement in mathematics. Based on these findings, recommendations were made.
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Daso Peter Ojimba
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