DR. LOUISA O. UNUGO
DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL STUDIES,
EBONYI STATE COLLEGE OF EDUCATION, IKWO.
&
DR. ATHANATIUS IBEH
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION FOUNDATION,
EBONYI STATE COLLEGE OF EDUCATION, IKWO.
Abstract.
This research work is carried out on a Perceived Impact of Parental level of Education on Student’s
Academic Achievement in Social Studies among Students of upper basic schools in Ebonyi State. It is a
descriptive survey research. Two research questions and three hypotheses guided the study. The population of this study comprised all 10, 298 Public Upper Basic II Students in the one hundred and eighty nine (189) Public Upper Basic Schools in the three Education Zones of Ebonyi State. The sample of this study was 515 Upper Basic II Students which represents 5% of the entire population in the area of the study. The instrument that was used for this study was entitled Social Studies Achievement Test (SSAT), The test has fifty two (52) multiple choice items with option A-D to obtain information from students. The
questionnaire is made up part ‘A’ and part ‘B’ Part A is on the personal data of the respondents. Part B is on Test of Knowledge of Students in Social Studies. The fifty (50) item of instrument Social Studies
Achievement Test (SSAT) was also used for data collection. It was validated by three experts, two of the
experts were from Arts and Social Science Education Department (Social Studies Option) of the Ebonyi
State University, Abakaliki, while one expert from Measurement and Evaluation Unit of Science
Education Department The instrument reliability test was carried out using Kuda Richardson 20 (K-20)
statistics and a reliability coefficient of 0.91 were obtained. The researcher administered the instrument by
issuing using Direct Delivery Technique (DDT) with the help of three research assistants, one from each
Education Zones in the Stats. Data Analysis was done using Descriptive and Inferential Statistics. Mean
and standard deviation were used to answer the research questions. Hypotheses 1 and 2 were tested using t-test and ANOVA. All the hypotheses were tested at 0.05 level of significance. Decision Rule: 0- 24 very low, 25 – 49 low, 50 – 74 high, 75 – 100 very high. From the analysis, the following findings were made among others: The knowledge of students in Social Studies is not influence fully or affected by gender. The level of education of the parents influences or affects the knowledge of students in Social Studies. Based on the findings of this study, the researcher made the recommendation: There should be a process of feed-back initiated for the Secondary schools in Ebonyi State, especially for students, teachers and parents at the Upper Basic level. This feed-back process shall be a medium whereby teachers and parents maintain regular contacts; sharing information concerning their students/wards.
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