Causes of Poor Study Habits among Students as expressed by Teachers in Ilorin East Local Government, Kwara State

Abstract

Study habits are well planned and deliberate pattern of study which has attained a form of consistency on the part of the students towards understanding academic subjects and passing the examinations. Therefore, this study investigated causes of poor study habits among students as expressed by teachers in Ilorin East Local Government Area, Kwara State. Descriptive survey design was adopted for this study and a multi-stage sampling technique procedure was adopted to draw a total sample of 200 respondents that participated in the study. The instrument used in collecting data for this study was a questionnaire developed by the researcher entitled “Causes of Poor Study Habits Questionnaire†(CPSHQ)â€. Percentage was used to analyse the demographic data while the hypotheses were tested using t-test and Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) at 0.05 alpha level. The findings of the study revealed that the causes of poor study habits among students as expressed by teachers in Ilorin East Local Government Area, Kwara State are poor monitoring by parents, parental educational status and laziness. There were significant differences in the causes of poor study habits among students as expressed by teachers based on gender and qualification. There is no significant difference in the causes of poor study habits among students as expressed by teachers based on work experience. Based on the findings of the study, it was recommended that counsellors should be employed in all schools in the country,  Ministry of Education and other related institutions should have programmes channeled towards addressing the problems that teacher might be facing in schools in the discharge of their duties, students should be educated properly in areas free from distractions to allow them concentrated on the teaching and learning process in the classroom and teachers in schools should see it as one of their duties in the proper monitoring and mentoring of students on their studies.         

Keywords: Causes, Study Habits, Teachers