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INFLUENCE OF STUDY HABITS ON THE ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT OF STUDENTS IN HOME ECONOMICS IN JUNIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN ENUGU STATE
ABSTRACT
The study determined the influence of study habits on academic achievement of students in Home Economics in junior secondary schools in Enugu State. Three research questions were raised and answered by the study while 2 hypotheses were formulated and tested for the study. Survey research design was used for this study. The study was carried out in Enugu State, Nigeria which has six education zones, viz: Obollo-Afor, Awgu, Agbani, Nsukka zone, Udi and Enugu. The population of the study was 7172 junior secondary school 3 (JSS 3) students in Home Economics. Yaro yamen was used to determine the sample size of 379 from the population of the study. Multistage sampling which involved stratified simple random sampling technique was used to select 9 intact classes that had 388 students. An instrument titled: Study Habits Inventory Questionnaire (SHIQ) was developed by the researcher from literature reviewed and used for data collection. The instrument was face validated by 3 experts. Cronbach Alpha reliability method was used to determine the internal consistency of the SHIQ items, which showed a Cronbach alpha coefficient of 0.87. Data was subjected to statistical analysis using both descriptive statistics, precisely mean and standard deviation while and inferential statistics-multiple correlation and analysis of variance, ANOVA were used to test the null hypothesis at 0.05 level of significance. The study revealed that scores of study habits that prevail among Home Economics student are poor, average and good study habits. The study showed that the correlation between study habits and students’ achievement has positive influence. The result showed that study habits and academic achievement has a significant relationship exist between study habits and academic achievement of secondary school Home Economics students. It was therefore, recommended that teachers of Home Economics should not label students in any dimension as poor students but should work towards a balance and wholeness of knowledge acquisition by shaping attitudes and orientation of the students towards all round learning.
Key words: Academic achievement, Home Economics, students, study habits.