TABLE OF CONTENT
DECLARATION ii
APPROVAL Ii
DEDICATION
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT v
TABLE OF CONTENT vi
CHAPTER ONE 1
INTRODUCTION 1
1.1 The effect of family poverty on students’ academic performance 1
1.2STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM 2
1.3 GENERAL OBJECTIVE\PURPOSE 2
1.4 SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES 3
1.5 RESEARCH QUESTIONS 3
1.6 SCOPE OF THE STUDY 3
1.7 SIGNIFICANCY OF THE STUDY 4
CHAPTER TWO 5
LITERATURE REVIEW 5
2.0 Introduction
2.1 Conceptual Frame Work s
2.2 THEORETICAL REVIEW 6
2.3 The Effect of Neighbourhood Poverty on academic achievement 8
2.4 The Effect of Parental Involvement on student’s academic performance 9
CHARPTER THREE 12
3.0 METHODOLOGY 12
Introduction 12
3.1 Research design 12
3.2 RESEARCH INSTRUMENTS 13
3.3 DATA COLLECTION 14
3.4 ETHICAL ISSUES 16
CHAPTER FOUR 17
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4.O.DATA PRESENTATION AND ANALYSIS .17
Introduction 17
Questionnaires 17
Table I 17
Table 2 18
Table3 18
4.2: Correlations of Variables 18
4.1.2characteristics of respondents by performance (students) 19
Table 4.5: Responses by teachers 19
CHAPTER 5 25
SUMMARY DISCUSSIONS, CONCLUSIONS AND FINDINGS 25
5.0 Introduction 25
5.1 Summary of findings 25
5.2 Conclusions 27
5.3 Recommendations 27
5.4 Areas for further research 29
REFERENCES 30
Appendix: Questionnaire 34
APPENDIX 2: STUDENTS QUESTIONNAIRE 34
APPENDIX 3: TEACHER QUESTIONNAIRE 35
APENDIX 4: PARENTS QUESTIONNAIRE 37
