ABSTRACT
This
study investigated on study habits and the effect on the performance of
business education students in College of Education Ikere-Ekiti, Ekiti State.
A
questionnaire was designed for collection data the questionnaire consisted of
thirteen items which was administered personally by the researcher on one
hundred students randomly selected from two sampled department. The data
collected were analyzed using percentage scores. The study revealed that
parents, government and the students were the factors that contributed to the
study habit and the effect on the performance of Business Education Students in
College of Education Ikere-Ekiti, Ekiti State. Based on the findings
recommendation was made on how the students can develop good study habits.
Title
Page
Approval ii
Dedication iii
Acknowledgement iv
Abstract vi
CHAPTER
ONE
Introduction 1
Background to the study 1
Statement of the problem 4
Purpose of the study 4
Research Questions 4
Significance of the study 5
Scope of the study 5
Definition of Terms
CHAPTER
TWO
Literature Review 7
CHAPTER
THREE
Research design 28
Population of the Study 28
Sample and Sampling Technique 29
Validity of Instrument 30
Administration of the Instrument 30
Data Analysis Techniques 31
CHAPTER
FOUR
Result and Analysis of Data 32
Discussion 38
CHAPTER
FIVE
Summary, Conclusion and Recommendation
Summary 37
Conclusion 40
Recommendation 41
Reference 42
Questionnaire
44
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
Background of the Study
The
issue of poor academic performance among Business Education student in Colleges
of education has been of much concern to all and sundry. The problem is so much
that it has led to the widely acclaimed fallen standard of Education in Nigeria
at large. Aremu (2001) stress that learning outcome has become a subject matter
of important to stakeholders. (Educational psychologist, teacher, academic,
school administrator and managers, policy makers and planners, counselors,
psychometrician parents etc.)in Education and to a large extent to students who
are the direct beneficiaries or victims of the outcome.
Study
habits of the business educational students is a serious problem in education
because educational agencies have not made it possible to expose students to
study skills most lecturers, parent and guardians do not make effort to ensure
that students develop good study habits. The common resultant effort is that most
of the students run into problems. It is however work knowing that many
students feel bad about examination failure, it is a matter of concern to them.
They are usually interested in knowing how to study better because lack of
proper study habits leads to low scores which may in turn cripple one’s career
development success in academic courses could depend on efficient study habit.
Study
habits are learning tendencies that enable students to work privately. Azikiwe
(1998) describes the study habit as “the adopted way and manner a student plans
his private readings after classroom learning so as to attain mastery of the
subject”. According to her, “good study habit are good assets to learners
because they (habits) assist students to attain mastery in areas of
specialization and consequent to learning excellent performance, while opposite
constitute constraints to learning and achievement leading to failure”.
Good
(1998) defined the term study habits as the student way of study whether
systematic, efficient or inefficient etc.”.
Going
by this definition, it literally means that good study habit produce positive
academic performance while inefficient study habit leads to academic failure.
Some
students differ in their study habits some study for a long period while other
will only have ability to read for a short period.
There
are students by role memory, also there are students who rely on listening to
the lecturers intrusion again, there are students who can only read during the
day while some read only in the right or early in the morning or at anytime.
Bruner
(2002) suggested that good study habits increase the learner’s ability to learn
related materials, it fosters an interest in the activity itself rather than in
the ward which follow from the learning. Good study habit develop ability to
approach problem in a way that will more likely lead to a solution. It makes
material that is learned easier to retrieve.
Again,
Harman (2003) state that good study habit extends experience and stimulates
good method of thinking. It helps to develop standard or appreciation and taste
in the selection of materials. It develops the necessary good habits for self
development and success in academic work.
Statement of the Problem
It
has been observed that business education student have poor study habit which
is a problem that contributing to mass failure in the examination.
Purpose of the Study
The
major purpose of the study is to investigate study habit and its effect on
students performance in Business Education Department.
1. To
find out the extent to which students in Business Education Department do
private studies after the school hours.
2. To
find out the strategies to improve the study habit of the students.
3. To
find out the factors that affect student’s study habits.
Research Question
The
following research questions were raised to pilot the study:
1. To
what extent do business education students do private studies?
2. What
are the factors that affect student study habit?
3. What
are the strategies that could improve students study habit?
Significance of the Study
Good
study habit is the secret behind better performance of students in their
various Examinations.
The
result of the study could draw the attention of students, parents, schools and
government as well as policy make to the need of good study habit in College of
Education.
The
government, parents and students would be able to estimate the possible
contributions of poor study habit to failure in academic.
Those
who will benefit the study habit are the students ages middle school as well as
their parents, government and teachers.
Scope of the Study
This
study was restricted only to study habits of Business Education students in
College of Education, Ikere-Ekiti, Ekiti- State.
This
study was therefore restricted to only Business Education students in all the
levels part 1, II, and III.
Definition of Terms
Some
of the terms used in the study are defined as follows:
1. Study Habits:
This is an act of learning formed through reputation. A procedure of making
learning more effective by frequent repetition. It is also a process of
acquiring skill and knowledge that becomes nearly involuntary.
2. Academic Achievement:
This is the extent to which the students achieve the systematic training and
instrument in the schools. It is also the degree of success in some past
learning activities.
3. Infrastructural
facilities: These are the materials needed for
development of good study habit of the students such as library materials and audio-visual
materials.
