Teaching approach, perceived parental involvement and autonomy as predictors of achievement

• Main Authors: Alvaera, Aldrich B., Bayan, Ma. Eloisa S., Martinez, Darwin P.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Animo Repository 2008
• Subjects: Teaching > Philippines > Metro Manila; Parenting > Philippines > Metro Manila; Parental influences > Philippines > Metro Manila; Prediction of scholastic success > Philippines > Metro Manila; Psychology
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_bachelors/9221
• Institution: De La Salle University

The study determined whether teaching approach (teacher-centeredness and learner-centeredness), parental involvement, and parental autonomy can significantly predict students' achievement. With a sample of 382 grade four public school students in Metro Manila, the researchers administered the Teacher-Centered Practices Questionnaire and Learner-Centered Practices Questionnaire to measure the teaching approach of the students' class adviser and the Perception of Parents Scale for children to measure how involved and autonomous the students' fathers and mothers were. The students' general average grade from the previous grading period was used as a measure of their academic performance. Using stepwise forward regression, only mother involvement revealed to be a significant predictor of academic achievement. Implications and recommendations were included in the discussion.