Home Factors, Behavior, Economic Status of Family: Their Effects in the Performance in Social Studies of Grade Six Pupils in Santor Elementary School

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

The home, environment, school and community influence the child's accomplishment of developmental tasks. These factors vary from case to case since they constitute people of different status. Some of the causes of hardships in educating the children at present are the social, economic and home environment.

METHODS

Questionnaire was used to 75 Grade Six pupils and 30 parents for the year 2015-2016. Forty-one of the pupils were from section A and the remaining thirty-four pupils were from section B.

RESULTS

The educational materials would not be enough to unburden the pupils since their foundation as elementary students are very helpful and important for their preparation in the next level of their study; home environment has significant effect with above average and average pupils as far as their performance in Social Studies is concerned but independent to poor pupils; behavior of pupils is independent from their academic performance in Social Studies; economic status has significant effect with those above average and average pupils as far as their performance in subject is concerned but independent to poor pupils; and, the significant relationship exists between home factors, behavior, economic status of the pupils and the academic performance of the pupils in Social Studies.

DISCUSSIONS

There should be a need to tap the innate ability of poor pupils to discover themselves that they are as normal as above and average pupils. There should be a deeper understanding of the behavior and attitudes of the poor pupils.