PARENTS' INVOLVEMENT AND THE EIGHTH-GRADE STUDENTS’ ENGLISH ACHIEVEMENT
Abstract
The objective of this study was to find out and determine the correlation between parents’ involvement and students’ English achievement. The data were collected through questionnaire, interview, and the numerical calculation. There were 36 students and parents of the eighth grade students of SMP Negeri 1 Lubuklinggau in the academic year of 2014/2015 chosen randomly as the sample. The result indicated that there was a positive correlation between parents’ involvement and the eighth grade students’ English achievement. The development of the variable X or Parents’ involvement was followed by the development on the variable Y or Students’ English achievement. The parents’ involvement can be described as a support from the parents as a facilitator. They gave a good contribution to their children English achievement but not in solving the problems about the material in English when they study at home.
References
Dalyono. 2008. Psikologi Pendidikan. Jakarta: Rineka Cipta.
Fan, X., and M. Chen. 2001. Parental Involvement and Students’ Academic Achievement: A Meta-analysis. Educational Psychology Review, 13(1), 1-22
Gibson, D., and R. Jefferson. 2006. The Effect of Perceived Parental Involvement and the use of growth-fostering relationships on self-concept in adolescents participating in gear up. Adolescence, 41(161), 111-125.
Grolnick, W. S., C. Benjet., and C. O. Kurowski. 1997. Predictors of Parent Involvement in children’s schooling. Journal of Educational Psychology, 89(3), 538-548.
Grolnick, W. S and Maria L. S. 1994. Parents' Involvement in Children's Schooling: A Multidimensional Conceptualization and Motivational Model. Child Development. 65(1), pp 237-252.
Green, C. L. et al. 2007. Parents motivations for involvement in children’s education: An empirical test of a theoretical model of parental involvement. Journal of Educational Psychology 99 (3): 532-544.
Mukarromah, S. A. 2008. Pengaruh Latar Belakang Pendidikan Formal Orang Tua terhadap Prestasi Belajar PAI siswa kelas II di SMP Negeri 2 Batu. Unpublished Undergraduate Thesis. Malang: Universitas Islam Negeri Malang.
Prianka, E. 2014. “Rendahnya Kesadaran Masyarakat Mengenai Pendidikan”. Kompasiana.com, accessed at 10.12 WIB, on Saturday, December 06, 2014.
Slameto. 2010. Belajar dan Faktor-Faktor Yang Mempengaruhinya. Jakarta: Rineka Cipta.
Sui-Chu, E. H, and J. Douglas, W. 1996. Effects of Parental Involvement on Eighth-Grade Achievement. Sociology of Education. 69(2) Pp. 126-141.
Jurnal Perspektif Pendidikan by https://www.ojs.stkippgri-lubuklinggau.ac.id/index.php/JPP is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
