Abstract
The primary responsibility of a student is to study if he is to attain the high standard in his course. The University of Manchester (2001) released a student’s study reading plan which requested them to engage in one study activity or the other everyday including weekends. One effective way to exhibit and demonstrate such intensive study reading exercise is through the practice of self-communication. Using Ruesch and Bateson’s (2016) seven traits of intrapersonal communication, this study investigated students’ display of self-communication traits before and during examination. The Self Communication Questionnaire was administered on four hundred randomly selected students from four polytechnics. Results showed lower practice of, an insignificant correlation of, and a significant difference between, self communication displays associated with study reading before and during examination (r=.46; t(399)=-6.851; p<.05) . The study concluded that students tended to delay study reading till examinations were imminent and recommended that students’ study reading practices must be regulated and monitored at institutional level to assist students in effective time management in an environment full of co- and extra- curricular distractions. Keywords: Study reading, self communication, intrapersonal communication DOI : 10.7176/RHSS/9-6-05 Publication date :March 31 st 2019
Highlights
The primary responsibility of a student is to study if he is to attain the high standard in his course
From this study, it could be safely concluded that academic study reading were not significantly reflected in the thoughts and self-communication habits of a good number of the students before examination
The implication, as it has been surmised, might be that not much of serious reading is going on in the polytechnics especially when examinations are not too close exposing the institutions to the risks of anti-social behaviours, violence, and examination mal-practices among the students
Summary
The primary responsibility of a student is to study if he is to attain the high standard in his course. Day One: After you have read and recite the entire chapter, write questions for those points you have highlighted/underlined in the margins. This study was conducted to investigate the commitment of polytechnic students to study reading before and during examination as manifested in the nature and frequency of their self communication activities. There will be no significant difference between students’ self-communication in study reading before www.iiste.org examination and during examination. Procedure Self-Communication Questionnaire (SCQ) was adapted with modifications from Olajide and Olatipe (2017) and administered on four hundred randomly selected students of four polytechnics. It contained twenty-eight selfcommunication activities that reflected the seven traits identified by Ruesch and Bateson (2016). Hypothesis 1: There will be high self-communication in study reading among students before and during examination
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