Abstract: Parents, based on their backgrounds, and educational experiences, have different ideas, perceptions, and attitudes of what their involvement in their child’s reading achievement. This study finds strength at parental involvement with different reading activities to help learners improve reading achievement. It examines the extent of parents’ involvement in the different reading activities and its correlation to the reading performance of the pupils in Marihatag District. Survey questionnaires were used in gathering the data. The researcher conducted the study in three schools of Marihatag District Marihatag Central Elementary School, Hinogbakan Elementary School, Lingaya Elementary School. Parents answered questionnaires during the HRPTA meeting. Interview was also conducted to affirm the responses of the parents to the instrument. Phil-IRI Pre-test result of July of this School Year 2017-2018 was used to identifying Pupils’ reading performance. 127 parents returned questionnaire and pupils participated the Phil-IRI. These data were used for the analysis. Decision rule was for the rejection of the null hypothesis. Results show that pupils with high reading achievement have parents who were involved in comprehension activities while those parents who have less participation in reading activities, pupils tend to be at the lower level of reading achievement. It recommends encouraging and strengthening the involvement of parents in reading activities at home and school.
Keywords: Correlation, Involvement, Phil-IRI.
Title: CORRELATES PARENTS’ INVOLVEMENT IN READING ACTIVITIES AND PUPILS’ READING PERFORMANCE
Author: ANNALIZA B. NARANJO
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