Benue State University, Makurdi

Measures of Students’ Study Habit as Predictors of academic Achievment in Chemistry

Egbujuo, Chima Jonas, PhD
Nigerian Educational Research and Development Council (NERDC), Sheda, Abuja

Ajagun Grace, PhD
Nigerian Educational Research and Development Council (NERDC), Sheda, Abuja

Abstract

The study investigated 8 measures or subscales of study habit as predictors of academic achievement in Chemistry. A total of 601 one Senior Secondary II science students participated in the study. The students were drawn through a stratified random sampling technique from 45 senior secondary schools in the Nigerian Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The instruments used for data collection were Students’ Study Habit Inventory (SSHI) and the Chemistry Achievement Test (CAT). The SSHI was adapted from Bakare 1977, CAT was developed by the researchers. Reliability coefficients of 0.78, 0.81, which were obtained using Crombach coefficient Alpha, were established for SSHI and CAT, respectively. The instruments were administered on the students for a period of four weeks by the researchers with the assistance of the Chemistry teachers.The data collected were analyzed using mean, standard deviationand multiple regression analysis. The finding of the study indicated that while the Chemistry students possessed fairly good study habits, study habit measure(subscales) like homework and assignment negatively predicted.

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