INFLUENCE OF STUDY HABIT ON STUDENTS’ ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IN YUSUF MAITAMA SULE UNIVERSITY, KANO

ABSTRACT Study habit is a factor that may affect the academic performance of students positively in all levels of Nigeria’s institutions of learning. Hence, this study examines the influence of study habit on students’ academic performance in Yusuf Maitama Sule University, Kano. The study was guided by two research objectives a well as two research questions and a hypothesis. Survey research design was employed. Simple random sampling technique was used to select 260 respondents in three Departments from the population of 782 in Faculty of Education, Yusuf Maitama Sule University, Kano. Data collection was carried out using a researcher’s designed instrument titled “Study Habit on Students’ Academic Performance Questionnaire (SHSAPQ)”. A reliability index of 0.63 was obtained using Cronbach Alpha reliability coefficient. Data collected was analyzed using descriptive statistics; frequency counts and percentages to provide answers to the research questions and independent t-test for the formulated research hypothesis using Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) respectively. Results obtained revealed that there is influence of study habits on academic performance among undergraduate students in Yusuf Maitama Sule University, Kano. Similarly, there is mean differences in study habits between male and female undergraduate students in Yusuf Maitama Sule University, Kano. Based on the findings of this study, it is recommended that School management should create programs that would enhance students’ study habits to improve their academic performance to come with good grades. Similarly, in order to improve students' academic performance, lecturers should focus on things that would encourage and motivates study habits among students specifically activities that will keep them actively engaged on and off campus as this could improve their study habit. Lecturers should consider gender differences when teaching since gender differences influences study habit among undergraduate students. The study also recommends for further studies.