Effectiveness of Parents’ Involvement and the Performance of Grade 11 Students in 21st Century Literature

AUTHOR(S)

Marlyn P. Llait

ABSTRACT

This study primarily aimed to determine parental involvement in the Grade 11 students’ performance in 21st-century literature. The findings of the study were the bases for a proposed Enhancement plan for the parental involvement. The study utilized complete enumeration in identifying the respondents of the study. This study used the Quasi-Experimental method of research to determine the effectiveness of parental involvement in the performance of the Grade 11 students in 21st century literature. The results present the test of difference between the pretest and posttest scores of the Grade 11 Senior High School Students in 21st Century Literature before and after the implementation of the intervention of the program which focus on the Parents involvement and how does it affect to the academic performance of the aforementioned students in their subject specifically the 21st century literature. The results shows that there was an increase of the data presented in the pretest and posttest considering that the pretest which is equal to 16.06 is extremely change in the posttest using the validated test questionnaires by the Education Program Supervisor with an equivalent score of 26.94. This results in the pretest and posttest resulted to a computed p value of 0.00 lesser than the level of significance equal to 0.05 which means that there is a significant difference in the pretest and post-test performance of the Grade 11 students before and after the involvement of the parents in the delivery of the competencies in the general in the 21st century literature, thus the hypothesis is rejected and the result is significant. The results imply that the application of teachers’ intervention to increase the partnership or strong involvement of the parents or guardians towards school activities, which is parental involvement, plays a big role in improving the performance 11 Students in the 21stcentury literature. One of the reasons for this positive impact of the intervention to the performance of the students is that they have already strong motivation to pursue their dreams or even doing the right thing in completing their tasks in the school, such as completing their Self Learning Modules or Learners’ Activity Sheets (LASs) before it will be submitted to their respective teachers for the validation of their answers whether they gained positive results from the different competencies delivered.