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Parental support to further study in Malaysian public university among male and female secondary school students

The objectives of the study is to identify whether there has a significant difference in parental support to further study in Malaysian public university based on gender, ethnic, and parent’s educational background. The participants involved in this study are form four students from five national se...

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Main Authors: Khong, Siau San, Ahmad, Nor Aniza
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
Published: Faculty of Educational Studies, Universiti Putra Malaysia 2016
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/60187/1/53-37.pdf
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spelling my.upm.eprints.601872018-05-18T01:20:43Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/60187/ Parental support to further study in Malaysian public university among male and female secondary school students Khong, Siau San Ahmad, Nor Aniza The objectives of the study is to identify whether there has a significant difference in parental support to further study in Malaysian public university based on gender, ethnic, and parent’s educational background. The participants involved in this study are form four students from five national secondary schools in Seri Kembangan, Selangor. The total sample size is 347 students (162 males and 185 females). Parental Support to Further Study in Malaysian Public University survey questionnaire was adopted and adapted from FIHSR and FIPHE questionnaires developed by Mundy (n.d.) and Harris (n.d.) respectively to gather data. Kruskal-Wallis Test and Mann-Whitney U Test were used as data analysis techniques in this study. The results revealed a statistically significant difference in parental support to further study in Malaysian public university based on gender, ethnic, and parent’s educational background. Faculty of Educational Studies, Universiti Putra Malaysia 2016 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/60187/1/53-37.pdf Khong, Siau San and Ahmad, Nor Aniza (2016) Parental support to further study in Malaysian public university among male and female secondary school students. In: Graduate Research in Education (GREDuc) 2016 Seminar, 17 Dec. 2016, Faculty of Educational Studies, Universiti Putra Malaysia. (pp. 315-322).
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description The objectives of the study is to identify whether there has a significant difference in parental support to further study in Malaysian public university based on gender, ethnic, and parent’s educational background. The participants involved in this study are form four students from five national secondary schools in Seri Kembangan, Selangor. The total sample size is 347 students (162 males and 185 females). Parental Support to Further Study in Malaysian Public University survey questionnaire was adopted and adapted from FIHSR and FIPHE questionnaires developed by Mundy (n.d.) and Harris (n.d.) respectively to gather data. Kruskal-Wallis Test and Mann-Whitney U Test were used as data analysis techniques in this study. The results revealed a statistically significant difference in parental support to further study in Malaysian public university based on gender, ethnic, and parent’s educational background.
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author Khong, Siau San
Ahmad, Nor Aniza
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Ahmad, Nor Aniza
Parental support to further study in Malaysian public university among male and female secondary school students
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Ahmad, Nor Aniza
author_sort Khong, Siau San
title Parental support to further study in Malaysian public university among male and female secondary school students
title_short Parental support to further study in Malaysian public university among male and female secondary school students
title_full Parental support to further study in Malaysian public university among male and female secondary school students
title_fullStr Parental support to further study in Malaysian public university among male and female secondary school students
title_full_unstemmed Parental support to further study in Malaysian public university among male and female secondary school students
title_sort parental support to further study in malaysian public university among male and female secondary school students
publisher Faculty of Educational Studies, Universiti Putra Malaysia
publishDate 2016
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