CORRELATION BETWEEN STUDY HABIT AND ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF IN-SCHOOL STREET HAWKERS IN UPPER BASIC SCHOOLS IN FEDERAL CAPITAL TERRITORY, ABUJA, NIGERIA.
Keywords:
: Study Habit, Academic Performance, In-School, Upper Basic.Abstract
The study investigated: The relationship between study habits and academic
performance of in-school street hawking students in Upper Basic Schools in the
Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, Nigeria. Descriptive survey design was used. A total of 43,922 Upper Basic School Students comprised the population, while a total of 219 students were sampled for the study. A Self-structured questionnaire was used to collect data from the respondents. The data collected was subjected to statistical analysis based on the Hypotheses. A two tailed t- test analysis, Pearson correlation coefficient and analysis of variance were used in analysing the Hypotheses. The findings from the study showed that study habits of in-school street hawking students in Upper Basic Schools in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, Nigeria was within average, it further shows that no significant relationship exist between study habits and academic performance of in-school street hawking students, It also revealed that In-school street hawking students in Upper Basic Schools do not differ significantly in their study habit based on gender but differ significantly in their academic performance based on different hawking time. It was recommended that in-school Student hawkers should be assisted to form good study habits by reading and preparing early for examinations so as to improve their academic performance.
