Relationship among self-concept, study habits and academic achievement of pre-nce students in zamfara state college of education, nigeria

The main purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between self-concept, study habits and academic achievement of the Pre-NCE students of Zamfara state College of Education Maru. Two hundred and ninety five (295) students were sampled from the total population of 1268 Pre-NCE students...

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Main Authors: Mayanchi, S. A., Khan, A., Latif, A. B. A.
Format: Article
Published: Blue Eyes Intelligence Engineering and Sciences Publication 2019
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Online Access:http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/88700/
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Summary:The main purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between self-concept, study habits and academic achievement of the Pre-NCE students of Zamfara state College of Education Maru. Two hundred and ninety five (295) students were sampled from the total population of 1268 Pre-NCE students of 2011/2012 academic session. Four hypotheses were generated in the study and correlational research design was used to analyze the data. Adopted versions of Akinboye’s Adolescent personality Data inventory (APDI) 1985) the study habits Inventory (SHI) adopted by Bakare (1977), and researcher’s self-designed instruments on English and mathematics to serve as (A.A.T) was used to collect data for this study. Multiple regression analysis and the Pearson Product Moment Correlation Co-efficient were used to analyze data collected at 0.05 alpha levels. Results of the study showed that self-concept emerged as a positive predictor of academic achievement than study habits.