STUDY HABIT AND SELF- EFFICACY AS CORRELATES OF UPPER BASIC STUDENTS’ ACHIEVEMENT IN BASIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IN AKWA- IBOM STATE

Abstract

The purpose of the study was to determine study habit, self-efficacy as a correlates of upper basic students’ academic achievement in basic science and technology. Three research questions and three hypotheses were formulated. The study adopted a correlation survey design and Akwa-Ibom State was the area of the study. The sample size consisted of 1800 Upper Basic 3 Basic Science and Technology students from 45 public secondary schools. Three types of sampling methods namely - purposive, proportionate and simple random samplings were used. Purposive sampling was used to select nine Local Government Areas from the state. Proportionate random sampling was used to draw 5 schools from each Local Government Area giving 45 schools. This is because the populations of schools in the selected areas were not similar. Simple random sampling technique of 40 students per school was further used to select the students who participated in the Study. Two instruments-study habit (SHSQ) and self-efficacy (SESQ) questionnaires were used to collect data for the study. The instruments were validated and the reliability of.78 for SHSQ and .81 for SESQ were established respectively. The instruments were administered on the students with the help of Nine (9) research assistants. Each instrument took the respondent’s about 40 minutes for its completion and three weeks was used for its administration. Basic Science and Technology achievement records of the participant used as achievement score in the study was obtained from school’s terminal examination records. All research questions were answered using Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient and the hypotheses were tested at 0.05 significant levels using regression statistics. The result reveals that, there is a low negative significant relationship between study habit, self-efficacy and achievement in basic science and technology in Akwa- Ibom State. It also showed that the combine independent variable has a low positive relationship with the achievement scores.