An Evaluation of Study Habit and Students Academic Performance in Boarding and Non-Boarding Secondary Schools in Rivers State
Wokoma, Dagogo Samuel Allen
Department of Educational Foundation
Rivers State University, Nkpolu, Port Harcourt, Nigeria
Email: dagywoksy@gmail.com
Abstract: This study investigated relationship existing between study habit and student’s academic performance in boarding and non-boarding secondary’s schools in Rivers State. The study adopted correlational design. The population for this study consisted of 922 respondents with a sample size of 276 respondents randomly selected from boarding and non-boarding secondary schools in Rivers State. A self-structured research instrument known as study habit and student academic performance inventory (S.H.A.S.A.P.I) was used for data collection. The instrument was validated by three experts, and its reliability co-efficient, using Cronbach Alpa was 0.76 Mean and standard deviation scores were used to answer the research questions while Pearson’s product moment correlation co-efficient (r) statistics was employed to test the hypothesis at 0.05 level of significance. It was concluded that poor study habit influence students academic performance in boarding and non-boarding secondary schools in Rivers State, and there was significant relationship between poor study habit and students academic performance in boarding and non-boarding schools in Rivers State. It was recommended amongst others that seminars be organized for students on the essence of good study habit.
Keywords: Evaluation, study Habit, Boarding, Non-Boarding, Secondary Schools, Academic Performance.
