Parental Encouragement and Academic Achievement of Art and Science Students

September 2012 Volume 1 Issue IV ISSN:2277-1255
BHARTIYAM INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EDUCATION & RESEARCH

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A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE PARENTAL ENCOURAGEMENT
BETWEEN ART AND SCIENCE SENIOR SECONDARY STUDENTS IN
RELATION TO THEIR ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT

Dr. Mukesh Kumar
Associate Professor, Deen Dayal Rustagi College Of Education, VPO Khandela Dist. Gurgaon
Haryana 123504 India

Abstract
The present study emphasized the importance of parental encouragement in development of
child. The finding of the study are expected to be helpful in providing guidelines to the teachers
and parents. It emprises the importance of parenting in the development of children. Since the
present study aims at finding the nature of relationship between parental encouragement and
academic achievement of senior secondary students. It would be great interest to them to chem.
Up their motivational process and to help them in their academic excellence. Children need
security and feeling of confidence that comes from parents Side. Encouragement and motivation
given by parents helps the child in achieving higher goals and in shaping the dusting. Finding of
this study will throw light on these factors. Which affect parental encouragement this would be
further of great help to the parents to understand how to monitor their childrens behaviors. The
study mainly aims at how parents attitude. Motivation and support in related with childrens
academic achievement.

God is the supreme power in this world. There is noting beyond the eternal power. He has made
this universe so beautiful. Parents are the best creation of that creator. Parents are God. In the
Lap of their Parents. Children forget every suffering pain and grief of this world. Every child
fells protected in the Lap of their parents. Children need security and feeling of confidence that
comes from parental faith. Every successful person after reaching his destination finds that his
success is because of the held of his parents. He always finds their hands on his head. When he
looks back at his path of life he finds that it was the support and encouragement of parents that
gave him strength to achieve his goal. When we open history books they shine like the sun of
the sky of this world. Every great man and child has encouragement of their country. They say
Destroy! The enemy of your mother India so that the forehead of your mother Indian always
raise high Parents can help effectively in preparing the next generation of Adults for their place
in the world by strengthening their children. It is the influence of parents that make a

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considerable impact on all round develop these interests. Their interests aspirations, personality
development and academic achievement of the children. Parental encouragement is one of the
aspects of parents treatment patterns. In encouragement, the parents help the child, guide him
and coax him so that the may not feel disheartened the entire treatment may have many
invidiously traits. But their contents and directions are the same to give encouragement to the
child. It may be in the form of approval or it may be in the form of asking the child to modify his
behavior. In case it creates avoidance behavior in the child that accounts to discouragement.
Parental encouragement is of great significance in developing psychological as well as academic
behaviour, of a child. The present day society is based on competition in which everyone has
tendency to perform as perfectly as possible. And here motivation encouragement and support of
parents make him more confident and optimistic. Present time expects from pupils to have high
seniority, discrimination ability and superior excellence through education. To cope with these
demands our education system should develop a spirit of competition and excellence amongst
adolescents in this era of achievement race this race is bounded to have winner and losers in it.
In this context every individual has instinctive wish to achieve high academic achievement and
represent himself as a winner of achievement race. The emphasis by both parents and society in
on high academic attainment of child and those who got it, would got it, would get recognition in
a great extent by them. Generally this distinctive ability to become a winner is omnipresent in
each individual of society. Academic achievement differs from this fact as baffling the educators
and psychologists, i.e. why do some students succeed in schools and others do not? To answer
this question psychologists suggest, there is energy besides the initiative ability which alter
academic achievement of students. They termed it is Encouragement the amount of parents
interest encouragement are obviously crucial factors in the Childs progress, psychologists
educators and sociologists all agree that family is the most significant influence on the
development of the child. No parents are well aware of this situation and so want their lives. The
childs achievement and success in formal education. System depends upon the encouragement
level that comes from parents side. Parents should be aware of the childs progress in the school
through their reports and other contacting with teachers when children are aware that their
parents are taking interest in their studies it is quite possible that they would also be more
concerned for their education. Some recent studies have shown that and encouragement is
positively related to due educational plans of the students and is considered a critical factor in the

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childs development. Many parents express dissatisfaction when their child in not at the top.
Often setting high goal brings about discourage both in the child and in the parents. When the
goals are beyond normal expectation. The situation is constructed so that the continual
discouragement in inevitable. If the child has an intelligence of talent to achieve a measure of
success he may find a precarious satisfaction in feeling admiration at home. But he can rarely
relax because of fear of losing approval. It may make students feel frustrated or inferior. In the
development of child, Parents attitude. Condition and treatment given by them play an important
role in child developmental scale. And for adolescent pupils academic achievement is primary
factor of personality development. In this context we can say that parental encouragement may
influence academic achievement of a pupil. The present study aims at findings the relationship
between parental encouragement and academic achievement of senior secondary schools
students.

Statement of this problem
The problem of the study is stated as :-
A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE PARENTAL ENCOURAGEMENT BETWEEN
ART AND SCIENCE SENIOR SECONDARY STUDENTS IN RELATION TO THEIR
ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT.

Objective
1. To study the parental encouragement of Art senior secondary students.
2. To study the parental encouragement of science senior secondary students.
3. To compare the parental encouragement of art and science senior secondary students.
4. To study the academic Achievement of Art senior secondary students.
5. To study the academic Achievement of Science senior secondary students.
6. To compare the Academic Achievement of Art and science senior secondary students.
7. To study the relationship between the parental encourage meant and academic
Achievement of Art senior secondary students.
8. To study the relationship between parental encouragement and achievement of science
senior secondary students.

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9. To compare the relationship between parental encouragement and academic achievement
of Art and science senior secondary students.

1.5 Hypothesis
1. There is no significant relationship of parental encouragement and academic achievement
or Art senior secondary students.
2. There no significant relationship between parental encouragement and academic
achievement of science senior secondary students.
3. There no significant difference between parental encourage of Art and science senior
secondary students.
4. There no significant difference between academic achievement of art and science senior
secondary students.

1.6 Sample : Purposive sampling has been done in this study the sample of this studys
consists of 100 student. 50 arts senior secondary student and 50 science senior secondary
students. They were selected randomly two senior secondary schools of Haily Mandi are
an affiliated Haryana board.
1.7 Method : The study employed descriptive survey method of research to find out the
difference in parental encouragement of Art and science senior secondary student in
relation to their academic achievement.
1.8 Tool used : The following tools have been used in the Study:
1. Parental encouragement the researcher used the parental encouragement scale (PES)
for the present study this parental encouragement scale is prepared by R.R. Sharma
Reader in Education, Gauhwal University, Srinagar, Garhwali in 1988 and is
published by national psychological corporation. It measures the degree of parental
Encouragement which a child receives from his parents. The prenatal encouragement
scale can be administered individually as well as in group. There is no time limit for
the completion of the scale; however, ordinarily an individual student take 25 to
minutes to complete it.
1. Academic Achievement While conducting parental encouragement test, the
investigator will ask the students about their marks obtained in metric (X) those who

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could not retain in their marks will be obtained from the academic records available
in their institution.
Analysis and Interpretation of data. The statistical techniques like mean, S.D. and (t) value
were used to analysis and interpret the data.
Delimitation of the study
1. The study is confined to senior secondary school of Haily Mandi.
2. The sample of study is limited to 100 students. 50 Arts and 50 science senior
secondary students.
3. The Students are taken from two senior secondary schools of Haryana Board.
Variable : In the Present study the Primary variables studies are :-
(i) Parental encouragement:- (Independent variable)
(ii) Academic Achievement (Dependant Variable)
(i) Area- 50 Students of Art and 50 student of science senior secondary schools for
comparison of Parental encouragement and academic achievement.
Selection of tools:- The selection of tools of very important in research. All though there are
variable tools to collect information. Form the review of related Literature the investigator come
review of Related Literature the investigator came to know that most of the researchers used
questionnaire and interview as tools for collecting the data. The parental encouragement scale
developed by urinal and Aggarwal (1982) and Sharma and Rajput lacked wide coverage in both
some of the significant aspects of encouragement has been ignored. So at last the researcher
found R.R Sharmas Parental encouragement scale quite suitable for this study.
R.R. Sharmas Parental encouragement to measure the degree of parental encouragement
between are and science senior secondary students. Students marks obtained in metric
examination to measure their academic achievement.
3.7 Selection of the Sample. The total sample for the study comprises 100 students from
two senior secondary school. 50 students have been taken from each school in
Gurgaon Distt. The following tables shows the sample taken from the schools:-
Sr. No. Name of the school No. of students

1. Govt. Girls. Sec. School 50

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2. M.L.A. Senior secondary school

The age range of the students was 16+ to 17+ after collecting the Primary data
through these different Performas a number of statistical techniques have been applied for
its analysis. E.g. the use of mean, standard deviation t-value tests etc.
TABLE 1. THE TABLE SHOWS THE PARENTAL ENCOURAGEMENT OF
ART AND SCIENCE SECONDARY STUDENTS.
Variables Mean S.D t Value
Art (50) 65.32 8.09
0.60 Science (50) 64.32 7.98


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65.32
Mean
8.09 7.98
S.D.
Art (50)
Science
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
64.32

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In this table the mean score of Art students is 65.32 and of science students if 64.32 and the
obtained calculated difference between the mean score of Art and science students is 1.00. It
shows that parental encouragement of Art students is better than the science students. The
standard deviation of the Art students. The standard deviation of the Art students is 8.09 and of
science student is 7.98 The obtained t- value is calculated to be 0.60. So the null hypothesis is
accepted. There is no significant difference in parental encouragement of science and art senior
secondary students.
TABLE 2.THE TABLE SHOWS THE ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT OF ART
AND SCIENC SENIOR SECONDARY STUDENTS. ACADEMIC
ACHIEVEMENT
Variables Mean S.D t Value
Art Students 6.54 6.92
3.58 Science Students 70.6 16.46

61.54
Mean
6.92
16.46
S.D.
Art Science
Science Students
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
64.32


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In this table the mean score of Art students is 61.54 and the mean score of science students
is 70.06 so the obtained calculated difference between them is 08.52.It shows mean score of
Academic Achievement at science students is more than the art students. The Academic
Achievement of Art students is less then the science students.
The t Value is calculated to be 3.58 to be 3.58. and the Table value at 0.05 is 1.98 and
0.01 is 2.63, which is less than the obtained value. Hence hypothesis is rejected at both levels.
There is significant difference in the academic achievement of art and science senior secondary
students.
TABLE 3. THE TABLE SHOWS THE CO-RELATION OF ART SENIOR SECONDARY
STUDENT OF PARENTAL ENCOURAGEMENT IN RELATION TO THEIR
ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT
Art Students Mean S.D Co-relation
PARENTAL
ENCOURAGEMENT
65.32 8.09
0.18
ACADEMIC
ACHIEVEMENT
61.54 6.92

65.32
Mean
8.09
6.92
S.D.
PARENTAL ENCOURGEMENT
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
61.54


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In this table the mean score of Art Senior secondary students is 65.32 and the mean
score of Academic Achievement is 61.54 and the Calculation difference between means of
Academic Achievement and parental encouragement is 3.78 the parental encouragement of
the Art students is more than the academic Achievement. It show that the is low positively
co-relation between the parental encouragement and academic achievement of Art senior
secondary students there is difference between the parental encouragement and academic
achievement of the Art senior secondary students.
TABLE 4. THE TABLE SHOWS THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PARENTAL
ENCOURAGEMENT AND ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTOF SCIENCE SENIOR
SECONDARY
STUDENTS
Art Students Mean S.D Co-relation
ACADEMIC
ACHIEVEMENT
70.6 16.46
0.00
PARENTAL
ENCOURAGEMENT
64.32 7.98

70.6
Mean
6.92
7.98
S.D.
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
64.32
PARENTAL ENCOURGEMENT


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In this table the mean score of Academic Achievement of science students is 70.6 and the
mean score of parental encouragement is 64.32. The obtained calculated difference between the
parental encouragement and academic achievement of science students is 6.26. The co-operation
between the parental encouragement and academic achievement of the science students is 0.00.
There is negligible co-relation between the parental encouragement and academic achievement
of science senior secondary students.
Findings: In this investigation the researcher proposed to make a comparative study of the
parent tall encouragement between art and science senior secondary student in relation to their
academic achievement scale (PES) by R.R. Sharma and cores of a cadmic achievement in 10
th

class were taken the study was conducted on the sample of 100 students of Haily Mandi suitable
technique data was analyzed and Interpreted. The statistical analysis of data present in the tables
of previous chapter helped in testing the various hypothesis formulated to realize the objective of
the study. The important findings are given below.
1. There is no co-relation of parental encouragement science senior secondary students in
relation to their academic achievement.
2. There is low positively co-relation of parental encouragement of Art senior secondary
students in relation to their academic achievement.
3. There is significant difference in the academic achievement of art and science senior
secondary students. Because science students shows better result than the Art students.
4. There is no significant difference in parental encouragement of Art science senior
secondary students.

Conclusion
From this finding we come know that there is no significance difference of the parental
encouragement of Art and science students. There is no effect of parental encouragement of
science students and arts students.
But the academic achievement of the science students is higher then the cadmic
achievement of Art students. So the parental encouragement of these students results same but
the academic achievement differs from each other. So the science students achieve the high level
scoring in their academic in 10
th
class and the Art Students scoring low level than the science
students in their academic achievement.

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5.3 Implication of the Study
On the basis of the conclusions drawn in the present investigation following implications
emerge.
1. Parents should pay special attention to provide health atmosphere at the home.
2. Parents should provide all facilities for the educational and psychological development of
the child.
3. Parents should give time to their children for the study.
4. Parents should paradise their children when they perform well.
5. Parents should help their Children in their study.

5.4 Suggestions for Further study
1. A comparative study of parental encouragement of Art boys and girls in relation to their
academic achievement.
2. A comparative study of parental encouragement of science boys and girls in relation to
their academic achievements.
3. A comparative study of parental encouragement of Art, science and commerce students.
4. A comparative study of parental encouragement of low and high achievers.
5. Comparative study can be conducted on different colleges.
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