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RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN STUDY HABITS AND SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS’ ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT IN BIOLOGY IN KATSINA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, KATSINA STATE
ABSTRACT
study investigated the relationship between study habits and secondary school students’ academic achievement in biology in Katsina Local Government Area of Katsina State, Nigeria. The sample consisted of 100 students’ randomly selected from five senior secondary schools in the area. Two instruments were used namely Study Habit Questionnaires (SHQ) and Biology Achievement Test (BAT). Respondents were asked to indicate their gender on the instruments. Data collected were analyzed using T-test statistics; at 0.05 levels of significance. The findings revealed that there is no significant relationship between students’ study habits and Biology achievement. Also, there is no significant difference between male and female students’ study habits. Based on the findings of this study, recommendations were made, such as planning of specific time for study is very important and students should not change their study timings; that reviewing assignments will help the students’ in evaluating their work themselves and then improvement in their academic performance can be observed and that library should be built in every secondary school and students should be made to patronize it.
Keywords:
Study Habits, Biology Achievements, Gender.