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Assessment of Study Habits and their Implications on StudentAcademic Performance: A case study of Ngumbe Community Day
Secondary School
Presented by:
Lickson chepa
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D!ASI C!LL)*) !+ )D,CA-I!N
ACTION RESEARCH REPORT
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Overview
1. INTRODUCTION Background to te
Stud! State"ent o# te
Pro$%e" O$&ective' and
Re'earc (ue'tion'
). *ITERATURE RE+IE, Stud! a$it' Stud! Ski%%' Acade"ic
Per#or"ance
-.RESEARCHETHODO*O/
0 Re'earc De'ign
Re'earc Setting Sa"%e Si2e and
Sa"%ing Tecni3ue Data ana%!'i'
4. RESU*TS ANDDISCUSSION
5. CONC*USION ANDRECOENDATIONS
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INTRODUCTION
Background to te Stud! Aceaw6 7)8849 de:ne' 'tud! a$it' a' we%%;%anned
and de%i$erate attern' o# 'tud! wic a' attained a#or" o# con'i'tenc! on te art o# 'tudent' toward'under'tanding acade"ic 'u$&ect' and a''inge
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State"ent o# te Pro$%e"
Due to te increa'ing nature o# oor acade"ic er#or"ance o#Ngu"$e CDSS 'tudent' in interna% a' we%% a' ANEBe
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O$&ective' o# te Stud!
PURPOSE O? THE STUD0 To a''e'' te 'tud! a$it' o# 'tudent' and ow te! a@ect teir
er#or"ance.
SPECI?IC OBE=CTI+ES
To e
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Signi:cance o# te Stud!
Te #o%%owing wi%% $ene:t #ro" te:nding' o# ti' 'tud!
Scoo% Ad"ini'trator'
Student'
Teacer'
?uture re'earcer'
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*ITERATURE RE+IE,
*iterature review #ocu'ed "ain%! on 'tud! a$it'6'tud! 'ki%%' and 'tud! a$it' v' acade"icer#or"ance.
Study Habits o't 'tudent' do not know ow to 'tud!
ro$a$%! $ecau'e te! are not aware o# wat
tecni3ue' to a%! in te 'tud! 'ituation. /ood and e@ective 'tud! a$it'6 according to
Hi%%' and Ba%%ow 7)8889 inc%ude te't rearation6note;taking6 ti"e con'ideration6 %i$rar! u'e6organi2ing "ateria% in a 'tud! and coo'ing agood 'tud! environ"ent a"ong oter'.
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*ITERATURE RE+IE, cont.
Study Skills There is little doubt that no two people study the same way,
and it is a near certainty that what works for one person may
not work for another.
However, there are some general techniques that seem to
produce good results. These include:
o
The SQ!s method7=ato6 et. al.,)81496o "Q!ST #ethod of Studying7U'er6 )81596o $%& studying method7an':e%d6 19.6o The Human #emory 'raph7A%i6 )81496 ando The Human (ttention Span7A%i6 )8149.
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Hu"an e"or! /ra
Source CASA at: http:..casa/tamucc/edu
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Hu"an Attention San
Source Savage 7)8119
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*ITERATURE RE+IE, cont.
Academic Performance /ood 'tud! a$it' %ead to good acade"ic er#or"ance
$ut $ad and de#ective 'tud! a$it' re'u%t to oor
acade"ic er#or"ance 7ogada" and Ceragian)88F9 . =ato et. al. 7)8149 argued tat 'tud! a$it' are
articu%ar%! i"ortant #or 'tudent'6 wo'e need'inc%ude ti"e "anage"ent6 note taking6 te e%i"ination
o# di'traction'6 and a''igning ig riorit! to 'tud!. De E'co$ar 7)8119 o$'erve' tat i# %earner' earn ig
grade' it i' conc%uded tat te! "a! a%'o avee@ective%! 'tudied ard wi%e %ow grade' indicate%e''er and oorer 'tud! a$it'.
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0)S)A0CH)-H!D!L!*1
Research Design This study used the quantitative approach to allow the
reporting of summary results in numerical terms
across many repetitions of answers.
Research Setting )gumbe *+SS which partnered with earsden
(cademy is located in *hileka, lantyre !ural. The school has twelve classrooms, library, science
laboratory and computer laboratory. -ach classroomcan accommodate fifty to eighty /0 1 203 students
depending on the form level.
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0)S)A0CH)-H!D!L!*1 cont.
Sample Size and Sampling Technique The population si4e of one hundred and five 50/3 students was
drawn from )gumbe *+SS. This represents a 50.6 73 of the entire
)gumbe *+SS student population of 500. The sample si4e is supported by abbie, 600/3. He was of the
opinion that for a population of 5000 and above, a sample si4e of 501
607 was acceptable.
The population was sampled through a simple random samplingprocedure to avoid biasness.
8orm one and three contributed thirty four 93 each while form four
contributed thirty seven 3 respondents.
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0)S)A0CH)-H!D!L!*1 cont.
Data Collection and Instrument Procedure Data wa' co%%ected u'ing a 'e%# deve%oed 'urve!
3ue'tionnaire.
Te re'earc 3ue'tionnaire wa' de'cri$ed in ter"'o# ti"e "anage"ent6 note taking6 te't rearation6'tud! environ"ent6 'tudent e
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0)S)A0CH)-H!D!L!*1 cont.
Data Analysis Data tat wa' e
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+INDIN*S ANDDISC,SSI!NSTe re'earcer' :na%re'ondent' were %owered into
one undred and :ve 71859 #ro"te e
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?INDIN/S
study habits of the respondents
?igure 1.1 ?igure 1.)
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?INDIN/S cont.
?igure 1.- ?igure 1.4
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?INDIN/S cont.
+re2uency to 3hich student of Ngumbeuse the library/
?igure ).1
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?INDIN/S cont.-he relationship bet3een study habits and
academic performance of Ngumbe CDSSstudents/
Score
Sub4ect Less than 5& 5&6(7 "&6"7 8&687 9& abo;e
-otal + < + < + < + < + < +