Study Habits, Academic Performance and Quality Education among Degree Students of Umar Suleiman College of Education Gashua Yobe State, Nigeria

Abstract

The study examined the relationship among study habits, academic performance and quality education among 400 level degree students of Umar Suleiman College of Education Gashua, Yobe State, Nigeria. The study aimed to achieve three stated objectives. To examine the level of study habits among 400 level degree students. To examine whether there is significant relationship between study habits and academic performance among 400 level degree students. To examine whether there is significant relationship between study habits and quality education among 400 level degree students. Three research questions were asked and two hypotheses were formulated to guide the study. The study used descriptive correlational designs with quantitative approach. The population of the study was 768 400 level degree students. Kragcie and Morgan table for determining sample size was used to select the minimum sample. The drawn sample size was 263.Purposive and simple random sampling techniques were employed to select the specific respondents for the study. Data was collected using close ended adapted and modified - questionnaire with 23 items based on five likert scale. The data was analyzed in SPSS version 22.0 using frequency tables and percentage to analyse the profile of the respondents and Pearson's linear correlation coefficient was used to analyse the data collected on the study objectives. The study revealed that there is significant relationship among study habits, academic performance and quality education among 400 level degree students of Umar Suleiman College of education Gashua Yobe State Nigeria. The study recommended that school counselors, teachers and authorities should motivate and encourage students to study very hard and enforce reading culture to the students in order to have good study habits and quality education among others.