Parental Attitude and Involvement in Children's Education: A Study on the Parental Aspiration among Form Four Students in Selangor

Mahamood, Siti Fatahiyah; Tapsir, Ruzela Binti; Saat, Ahmad; Ahmad, Sanizah; Wahab, Kamiliah Ab; Boon, Mohd Hassan Awang; Rahman, Kahartini Abdul

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“…However, some students consider mathematics fun because the mathematical material is easy to understand and the teacher is fun. Factors affecting mathematics difficult to understand are: many formulas that must be memorized by students, the role of parents [18], teacher motivation [19], classroom instruction [20], social status, gender, and previous mathematical achievement [14]. The interesting thing about this study is that most students who are interested in mathematics are female.…”

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Do Elementary School Students Like Mathematics?

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Jatmiko²,

Erviana³

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Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Current Issues in Education (ICCIE 2018)

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This study is aimed at describing the attitude of elementary school students toward mathematics. The research method used was survey. Respondents were 135 elementary school students consisting of fourth, fifth, and sixth-grade students. All respondents had recieved permission from their parents to participate in the study. Data were collected by using questionnaire. The results show that elementary school students assume that mathematics is a difficult subject. Respondents who gave spontaneous expression to mathematics with the word "difficult" amount to 38 students (27.74% of all respondents). They reason that mathematics has many formulas that must be memorized. In addition, the most difficult topic is volume because many formulas must be used to solve the problems related to volume. Interestingly, there are some students (13.14%) who consider learning mathematics fun because the material is easy to understand and the teacher is interesting. From the aspect of mathematics' benefits, most respondents answer that learning mathematics is meaningful and useful in daily life, for example; to count money, buy and sell, count discounts, calculate area/land, measure weight, calculate volume, calculate distances, calculate farm yield, measure time, and train thinking and patience.

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Do Elementary School Students Like Mathematics?

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Jatmiko²,

Erviana³

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“…In this study, three factors relating to attitude towards mathematics are examined: these are parental influences (Kerr, 2007;Mahamood et al, 2012), teacher affective support (Johnson, 2000;Marchis, 2011;Sakiz et al, 2012) and classroom instruction (Bakar et al, 2010). Perceived Parental Influences (PPI).…”

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“…Perceived Parental Influences (PPI). One of the factors affecting attitude towards mathematics is parental influence (Kerr, 2007;Mahamood et al, 2012). Parental influences can be either direct or indirect.…”

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“…Direct influences include parents helping their children with mathematics difficulties while indirect parental influences include parental encouragement, parental expectation and their own attitude towards mathematics (Cai, Moyer, & Wang, 1997). In a study by Mahamood et al (2012) regarding parental attitude and involvement in children's education specifically parental aspiration among Form Four students in Selangor, Malaysia, it was revealed that parental involvement is a positive and powerful source of influence towards the achievement of adolescents.…”

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Factors Affecting Students’ Attitude toward Mathematics: A Structural Equation Modeling Approach

Davadas

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2017

EURASIA J MATH SCI T

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Students' attitude towards mathematics is affected by factors such as parental influences, teacher affective support and classroom instruction. The purpose of this research was to examine the inter-relationships between these factors and effects on attitude towards mathematics using a partial least squares-structural equation modeling approach. A survey was carried out with a sample of 318 Form Four students from Sabah, Malaysia. The questionnaire consists of four scales: Perceived Parental Influences, Teacher Affective Support, Classroom Instruction and Attitude towards Mathematics. IBM SPSS 19.0 and Smart PLS 2.0 were used to analyze the measurement and structural models. The results showed that with the exclusion of some indicators from the scales, the measurement models showed acceptable reliability and validity. The structural model has moderate predictive relevance but the inter-relationships of the constructs in the structural model were significant. Teacher affective support and classroom instruction predict attitude towards mathematics more than parental influences.

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“…Clearly the result shows that children's educational performance was better when parents were involved with school activities. Mahamood et al, (2012) found that the involvement of parents in children's education has many positive effects on their learning outcomes. Miedel and Reynolds (2000) claimed that the early involvement of parents in their children's education has had a long-term effect on children's education, reducing grade retention and increasing child's reading proficiency and other academic achievements.…”

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Gender Disparity and Cultural Impacts on Girls’ Education in Laos

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This study aims to understand the problem of school dropouts in Houa Kham village, a rural district of Savannakhet Province, Laos. The main objective is to understand the reason why some school-age children dropout of school before finishing the primary level. Qualitative research techniques were applied; participant observation and interviews were conducted with village authorities, school principals, teachers, and the community as well as the parents of four families. The investigation used four main research dimensions, family financial situation, cultural and traditional beliefs, gender roles, and the current situation of education. The results of the study revealed that cultural beliefs and gender disparity within the community seem to be the major factors associated with dropping out of school. Some policy intervention for future development and strategic plans to improve the quality of education in rural areas of Laos were addressed to the Government of Laos (GOL) to respond to this crucial problem.

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Parental Attitude and Involvement in Children's Education: A Study on the Parental Aspiration among Form Four Students in Selangor

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Do Elementary School Students Like Mathematics?

Do Elementary School Students Like Mathematics?

Factors Affecting Students’ Attitude toward Mathematics: A Structural Equation Modeling Approach

Gender Disparity and Cultural Impacts on Girls’ Education in Laos

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