Non-Traditional Homes Impacting Academic Success

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Non-Traditional Homes Impacting Academic Success

• Correlation between Non-Traditional Family Life
  and Ninth Grade Students Academic Success in
  Science

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Purpose for the Study

• The familial unit is a defining commonality that
  binds us together as humans.
• Article 16(3) of the Universal Declaration of
  Human Rights states "The family is the natural
  and fundamental group unit of society and is
  entitled to protection by society and the State".
  

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• Belonging to a family is a characteristic of
  being human. We all need to feel as if we belong
  to something larger than ourselves, even if we
  dont fit in anywhere. For most people, they fit
  in with their family. Even though no two
  families are the same, all perform the same
  function.
• Family has many definitions and forms, but ones
  opinion of may vary from one family to the
  next. The role of family in our lives has an
  enormous impact on how we develop as individuals.
  Our families are largely responsible for shaping
  us into what and whom we become.

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Background to the Problem

• What part of a family shapes the students
  academic achievements? What are the advantages
  of having two parents instead of one? Students
  who are living with both of their parents seem to
  be an oddity in todays world.
• According to a 2002 survey conducted by the US
  Census Bureau, about 69 of all children under
  the age of 18 live in non-traditional family
  settings.

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• A traditional family is defined as a biological,
  procreative and child-rearing structure that
  emphasizes the biological relationship among
  family members.
• A non-traditional family is defined as any
  deviation from the definition of a traditional
  family.

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• Children who live in a family environment without
  having both parents present suffer in all levels
  of education therefore, in order to improve the
  educational achievements of students, parents
  need to remain married, thus supporting their
  children.

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Statement of the Problem

• The purpose of this study is to determine the
  effects of living in a non-traditional family
  setting on the academic success of Warwick High
  School freshman in a biology classroom setting.
  The driving motivation of this study is to find
  research to prove that students coming from
  non-traditional homes suffer academically in
  science.

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Need for the Study

• In order to support and improve academic success
  of Warwick High School freshman, a study needs to
  take place on the academic success of children
  living in non-traditional families single parent
  and foster families. The need for this research
  stems from the fact that more and more families
  are becoming non-traditional, and educators need
  to be aware of how to help these students succeed
  academically.

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Data Collection

• Data was obtained using eSIS from three pre-IB
  biology classes, five honors classes, six general
  classes, and six recycle classes, giving the
  researcher a total of 388 student records.
• All of this information was gathered by using
  eSIS. The researched had to look under each
  individual student and obtain the data needed for
  the study.

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• The next aspect of the study was to examine the
  ratios of students in each class section and
  determine what family type they came from.
• The research then looked to see how each class
  sections grades were divided among the students
  from traditional and non-traditional families.
  
• The researcher also looked at the race of each
  student and if that played a role in the type of
  family they lived with and the type of class
  section they were placed with.

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Results
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Pre-IB Biology
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Honors Biology
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General Biology
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Recycle Biology
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Conclusion

• In summary, the impact of the non-traditional
  family life on the ninth grade students academic
  success in biology is an ongoing study.
• While researching the influences of family on
  student achievement in science there is a great
  deal of information on the subject however, most
  of the results are inconclusive or the studies
  took place outside of the United States.

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• This study found that students who come from a
  traditional family are normally placed in higher
  level biology classes with better grades.
• Overall, students from traditional families do
  better in biology than those in the
  non-traditional homes.

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• The study also showed that the majority of
  students in this study were African Americans who
  live with only their mothers. Many of these
  students while achieving better than the other
  non-traditional home students were still placed
  in the lower level biology classes and many of
  these students ended up in the recycle classes.

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• Mainly, students coming from traditional homes
  are placed in the high level biology classes
  whereas those students living in the
  non-traditional homes make up a very small
  percentage of the students in those higher level
  classes.

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The End

• By Sara Meier