STUDY HABITS PROFILE AS PREDICTORS OF STUDENTS’ ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN KWARA STATE, NIGERIA
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2023-05-01
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Faculty of Education Bayero University, Kano, Nigeria
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The main objective of this study is to examine the effect of study habit profiles on secondary school
students' academic performances in Kwara State, Nigeria. The descriptive research design approach
was used in the study. The population of this study comprised all Senior Secondary School students
in Kwara state with a sample size of Three hundred and ninety respondents selected from public and
private senior secondary schools using a simple random sampling technique. Two major research
instruments were used for this study: The study Habits Questionnaire (SHQ) and Senior Secondary
School Performance Test (SSSPT). SHQ was a self-designed questionnaire used to gather the
required details from the respondents about their personal information and their study habit profile
while SSSPT was used to test their academic performances. Data were analysed using percentages,
mean, standard deviation, while regression analysis was used to test the hypothesis formulated for
the study. The findings from this study showed that the Average Mean Score of the study habits
profile of senior secondary school students was 3.01 and, the Average Mean Score of academic
performance was 43.5. The regression results indicate that the study habit profiles have a significant
influence on students' academic performance. Therefore, the paper concluded that students with
high study habit profiles could have a high academic performance. Based on these findings, it was
recommended that students should be encouraged to read from electronic materials along with
traditional methods. The study also recommended that students should be encouraged to find a
conducive environment devoid of distracting agents. Finally, more regular counselling services be
introduced to sensitize the students on ways to improve their study habits to boost their academic
performances.
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