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EFFECT OF STUDY HABIT ON SENIOR SECONDARY I & II STUDENTS’ PERFORMANCE IN MATHEMATICS IN SELECTED PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN RIVERS STATE
ABSTRACT
This paper examined the effect of study habits on senior secondary I and II students’ performance in
Mathematics in public secondary schools in Ikwerre and Obio/Akpor Local Government Areas of Rivers State. Descriptive survey design was adopted for the study. The population of the study was 17,260 students which comprised of 7,519 males and 9,741 females senior secondary schools I and II students in Thirty-Two (32) Public Senior secondary schools in Ikwerre and Obio/Akpor Local Government Areas, Rivers State. The simple random technique was used to select10 Public senior secondary schools in both Ikwerre and Obio/Akpor Local Government Areas of Rivers State. The Taro Yamane formula was used to determine the sample size. Therefore, the sample size of the study was Seven Hundred and Sixty-four (764) respondents which comprised of Three Hundred and Eighty (380) Male and Three Hundred and Eighty-Four (384) Female Students in SS I and II. An instrument titled Effect of Study Habits on Senior Secondary I and II Students’ Performance in Mathematics” was used for data collection. The reliability of the instrument gave a Cronbach Alpha index of 0.80 which was considered reliable. The data collected were analyzed using mean and standard deviation in answering the research questions while the null hypotheses formulated were tested using Pearson Product Moment correlation coefficient at 0.05 level of significance. The result showed that most of the schools do not have a functional Library and where it exists, it is ill equipped It was also found that students have difficulty taking note in class so, they prefer coping from their classmates. The study also found that students generally had below average scores in Mathematics in third term promotional examination in Ikwerre and Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State. A positive correlation between lib ran utilization, note taking and performance in Mathematics was also observed. From the findings of this study it can be concluded that the below average performance in Mathematics could be due to the poor study habits of library utilization, note taking and participation in class room activities. The researcher recommended that government should build and equip libraries in secondary schools for students’ utilization in other to encourage the study of Mathematics.
Keywords: Study habits, Performance, Mathematics