TABLE OF CONTENTS
TITLE PAGE i
CERTIFICATION ii
APPROVAL iii
DEDICATION iv
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS v
TABLE OF CONTENTS vi
ABSTRACT viii
CHAPTER ONE 1
INTRODUCTION 1
Background of the Study 1
Statement of Problem 6
Research Questions 6
Purpose of the Study 7
Scope and Delimitations of The Study 8
CHAPTER TWO 9
REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE 9
Concept and Definition of Study Habits 9
Dimension of Study Habits 15
Effects of Study Habits on Academic Performance. 27
Effects of Gender on Study Habits 29
Effects of Age on Study Habits 31
Influence of Socio-economic Status on Study Habits 32
CHAPTER THREE 34
METHODOLOGY 34
Research Design 34
Population of Study 34
Sample and Sampling Technique 35
Research Instrument 36
Validity of the Instrument 36
Method of Data Collection 37
Method of Data Analysis 37
CHAPTER FOUR 38
PRESENTATION OF RESULTS AND DISCUSSION OF FINDINGS 38
PRESENTATION OF Results 38
Research Question 2 45
Research Question 3 46
Research Question 4 48
Discussion of Findings 50
Summary 51
Conclusion 53
Recommendations 53
Suggestions for further Study 54
REFERENCES 55
APPENDIX 56
ABSTRACT
This study examined the study habit of Senior Secondary School Students in Oredo Local Government Area of Edo State. The study also examined the influence of gender, school type, and socio-economic status on study habit of Senior Secondary School students.The Sample of the study comprised of one hundred and twenty (120) Senior Secondary School Students, and the sampling technique used is the random sampling technique.
The research design used for this study is the Survey design. The research instrument was a questionnaire, used for data collection of the study. The validation of the instrument was carried out by the project supervisor and two experts in the field who carefully examined the items in the instrument. Descriptive Statistics such as frequency count, percentage, mean and Standard deviation were used for the analysis of the data collected.
The findings showed that the study habits of Senior Secondary Schoolstudents inOredo Local Government Area isgood i.e. they have good study habits. Based on gender differences, it was discovered that the females have better study habit than the male Students. Students in private senior secondary schools have better study habit than those in public schools.Also, Students from high Socio-economic background had the best study habit than those of students in medium and low socio-economic status. Students from medium socio-economic status do better than those from low socio-economic status. Therefore, it was recommended that male students should be encouraged to develop goodstudy habit like the females,teachers in public school should try all their possible best in making sure that students in public school develop good study habits, all students irrespective of their socioeconomic status should be encouraged to develop good study habit. Parents should also assist their children in developing good study habit by encouraging them to do their home work and assignment and allocate good time to their studies.
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