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| Domestic Chores in Childhood as predictors of Cognitive Skills and Academic Achievement of pupils in Badagry Local Government Education Authority
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Fowowe Simeon Sunday, Olawole Omilola Amina, Ola-Alani E.K PhD
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Abstract:
This study examined the impact of domestic chores as predictors of cognitive skills and academic achievement of pupils in Badagry Local Government Education Authority. It employed two research questions and one research hypothesis which was tested at 0.05 level of significance. It used the descriptive survey research design and the population comprised all pupils in Badagry LGEA, Lagos State. The Simple Random Sampling Technique was used to select 120 pupils in Badagry LGEA, Lagos State and researchers' designed questionnaire was used to elicit response from the respondents. The questionnaire contained 10 items in a 4 likert-scale; ranging from strongly agree, agree, disagree, strongly disagree. The instrument was validated by experts in Early Childhood and Primary Education and to ascertain the reliability of the instrument, test retest method was used. The instrument was reliably tested at r = 0.70 and descriptive statistics of mean, standard deviation and percentage was used for demographic information and research questions, while inferential statistics of t.test was used for the only research hypothesis. Findings of this study revealed that the extent at which pupils are involved in domestic chores in Badagry Local Government Area, Lagos State is high; the academic achievement of male pupils is more affected by domestic chores than that of female pupils; and there is no significant difference in the impact of domestic chores on male and female pupils' cognitive and academic achievement in Badagry LGEA. It was concluded that, domestic chores can highly impact pupils' cognitive and academic achievement in Badagry Local Government Area of Lagos. Based on the findings, it was recommended, among others, that parents should be informed that domestic chores can affect pupils' cognitive and academic achievement in school, hence the need to give appropriate chores to pupils.
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