AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE STUDY HABITS AND ACHIEVEMENT OF STUDENTS IN THE N.C.E. PROGRAMME

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2000-08
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ALHAMDU, JUMMAI G.
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The goal of tertiary institution is to develop in students a lifetime of autonomous learning. An investigation was therefore conducted into the study habits and achievement of students ot Federal College of Education, Kano who are in the Nigeria Certificate of Education (N.C.E.) programme. The objectives of this study include, finding out: i. if there are significant effect of gender, course level and their interactions on study habits with regards to (a) home-work and assignment; (b) time allocation; (c) reading and note-taking; (d) study period procedures; (e) concentration at study; (0 written work; (g) taking examination; and (h) teacher consultations, ii. if there is significant relationship between study habits and achievement. Stratified random sampling method was applied to obtain 327 subjects for the study. These comprise of 204 males and 123 females. Bakare's Study Habits Inventory (SHI) was applied to find out the study habits of the students according to their study levels and gender related differences. Also included were the achievement scores of the respondents in terms of their New Cumulative Grade Point Averages (NCGPA). The eight sub-sections of the Study Habits Inventory were considered. Nine hypotheses vvere tested. Means and standard deviations were obtained. The main statistical tool applied to analyze the data was the two-way Analysis of Variance. The results showed that: i. Home-work and Assignment: There was significant difference. The interaction effect showed that the females in level 300 were significantly better than their male counterparts, ii. There was no significant difference between respondents on the allocation of time for study, course level, and gender, iii. No significant difference was established between reading and note-taking, gender and course level. iv. There was no significant difference between study period procedures, gender and academic level, v. However, a significant difference was obtained between levels 100 and 200 students. vi. Written Work: No significant difference was established with gender and academic level.. . Examination: No significant difference was established with gender and academic level. . A significant difference was obtained between teacher consultations among 100 and 300 level students, ix. A significant relationship was established between study habits and academic achievement. It was recommended that study skills training should be provided to all fresh students who come into the institution. Students should be made aware of the services of the counseling center and encouraged to use it. Recommendations for further research were presented.
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A Thesis Submitted to the Faculty of Education, Department of Education, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Award of the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Educational Psychology AUGUST, 2000
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INVESTIGATION,, STUDY,, HABITS,, ACHIEVEMENT,, STUDENTS,, PROGRAMME,
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