IJSR - International Journal of Scientific Research

Dr.P.Sekar; Dr.A. Mohan Kumar

Volume : VIII, Issue : IV, April - 2019

Role of Parental Influence and Level of Aspirations on Academic Achievement in Mathematics

Dr. P. Sekar, Dr. A. Mohan Kumar

Abstract :

The aim of the study was to investigate and analyze the relationship of parental influence and level of aspirations of students on their academic achievement in Mathematics. The participants were 500 higher secondary first year students drawn from two districts of Tamil Nadu. Two validated instruments were used to elicit responses from the participants are Parental Influence Scale and Level of Aspirations Scale which were administered on the selected sample. Their biology marks of half–yearly examination were considered for academic achievement in Mathematics. Five major hypotheses were formulated and tested. Descriptive and regression analyses were used to evaluate the data. The study reveals that Parental influence and Level of Aspirations are moderate in nature; and academic achievement in Mathematics is average in place. Regression coefficient of academic achievement in mathematics on the predictor variables shows significant positive predictive efficiency.