Kwara State University
Adedayo ADESOKAN
Designation: Lecturer 1
Department: Special Education
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| 1 | STUDY HABIT, LOCUS OF CONTROL AS PREDICTORS OF ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT OF STUDENTS IN COLLEGE OF EDUCATION KWARA STATE UNIVERSITY, NIGERIA |
This study examines the relationship between study habit, locus of control as predictors of academic achievement of students in college of education Kwara State University Malete, Nigeria. This study adopts descriptive survey research design of correlation type, reason for this is to find out the relationship that exist between the independent variables and dependent variable. The respondents in this study were 311 students in College of Education, Kwara State University, Malete, they were randomly selected from 200 level to 400 level students. The instruments used for the study were: study habit inventory (r=0.81) and locus of control scale (r=0.72). Two research questions were raised and four hypotheses were formulated and tested at 0.05 level of significance. Data gathered were analyzed using multiple regression, T-test and Pearson Product Moment Correlation (PPMC). The findings of the study reviewed that both study habit and locus control had significant contribution on the academic achievement of students (p0.05). it was also showed that there was a significant relationship between study habit and academic achievement of students (rcal=0.38, p0.05) and there was a significant relationship between locus of control and academic achievement of students (rcal=0.95, p0.05). the study reviewed that there was no significant difference between students with internal and external locus of control (tcal=7.13, p0.05), similarily there was no significant difference between academic achievement of students with good and poor study habit (tcal=54.4, p0.05). based on the findings, it was concluded that study habit and locus of control had significant influence on the academic achievement of students, therefore, the study recommended that courses in higher institution should involve a training programme that will expose students to how to have good study habit and teachers should also establish and maintain supportive pedagogical environments with good methodologies which will | ADEDAYO ADESOKAN(PHD) | VOLUME 6 | HOME BASED | 2022-01-27 | ||