Abstract
The study examined study habits and academic performance of secondary school students in Mathematics. A case study of selected secondary schools in Uyo Local Education Council. The main purpose of the study was to investigate the relationship between study habits and academic performance of secondary school students in Mathematics. To carry out this study, three research questions and three null hypotheses were raised to guide the study. The population of 1128 Senior Secondary School Two (SS2) students with a sample size of 200 respondents was selected from 5 public secondary schools for the study using simple random sampling technique. A structured questionnaire was used to gather data for the study, which comprises of two sections (A and B), section A comprise of 15 items while section B, comprise of 30 achievement test on mathematics. The reliability coefficient of 0.91 was obtained using spearman Brown formula. Data collected was analyzed using Pearson Product Moment Correlation Co-efficient (PPMC) and tested at 0.05 level of significance. However, the results revealed that there is significance relationship between note taking, students' use of library, time allocation for study and students' academic performance in mathematics. Based on the result of the findings, it was recommended that group guidance should be organized in schools by professional counselors in order to create awareness on how students can develop effective study habits which could lead to good academic performance in mathematics and a functional school library should be mounted in all the secondary schools in Uyo Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria.
Highlights
Mathematics is a methodical application of matter
Based on the result of the findings, it was recommended that group guidance should be organized in schools by professional counsellors in order to create awareness on how students can develop effective study habits which could lead to good academic performance in mathematics and a functional school library should be mounted in all the secondary schools in Uyo Local Government Area of AkwaIbom State, Nigeria
This implies that the null hypothesis which states there is no significant relationship between students use of library and their academic performance in mathematics was rejected, the alternate hypothesis which states that, there is a significant relationship between students use of lirabary and their academic performance in mathematics was retrained
Summary
Mathematics is a methodical application of matter. It is so said because the subject makes a man methodical or systematic. Okon (2005) observed that students with structured and organized study habit performed well during examinations He went on to recommend that parents, government and teacher should provide reading materials and a conducive environment for effective learning. One of the reasons is that students fail to make good an effort to learn what their teachers taught them in the school and do not study at home because they fail to recognize the importance of study habits to their academic achievement. According to Riaz et al (2002), the study habits of the students could play pivotal role in the learning process reflected in the academic performance of the students in mathematics. The purpose of this study was to find out if there is a relationship between students’ study habits and their academic performance in mathematics in Uyo Local Education Committee
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