A Study of Study Habits and Academic Achievement among Secondary and Senior Secondary School Students of Mysore City

Abstract

The authors of this study have attempted to understand whether study habits affect academic achievement among secondary and senior secondary school students of Mysore. It is also attempted to know whether students at secondary level differ from senior secondary level on their study habits. The study was conducted on the sample of 625 students of Mysore City in India using stratified random sampling technique. Results indicated that the study habits facilitate higher academic achievement. Further, it was also found that secondary school students are significantly better than senior secondary students on study habits. The findings are analyzed and explained. Thus, study habit is found to be an important correlate of academic achievement.

Relationships among students’ reading habits, study skills, and academic achievement in English at the secondary level

“…Moreover, some researchers determined a moderate relationship between reading habits and academic success (e.g., Chotitham and Wongwanich, 2014;Kutay, 2014;Owusu-Acheaw and Larson, 2014;Alzahrani et al, 2018;Adigun et al, 2021;Nguyen Thi Thu, 2022). Sherafat and Murthy (2016) directed that study habits facilitate learners toward higher achievement because of their significant connections with academic achievement, that confirmed by Bibi et al (2020). In contrast, few researchers found different results due to participants' different selection procedures and contextual differences (i.e., purposive sample method, content, reading material, culture, etc.).…”

“…They determined that high achievers are more concentrated and exhibited better study habits, good time management skills, and punctuality compared to low achievers. In the meantime, Sherafat and Murthy (2016) directed that study habits facilitate learners toward higher achievement because of their significant connections with academic achievement. Consequently, Silverrajoo and Hassan (2018) revealed divergent findings that students' reading methods have a negative and weak relationship with academic achievement.…”

“…At the same time, previous researchers focused on university level students' reading habits. Second, there are methodological identities that lead to dubious findings not confirming the influence of reading habits and study skills on academic achievement (Goel, 2014;Lawrence, 2014;Quadir and Chen, 2015;Sherafat and Murthy, 2016;Ameyaw and Anto, 2018;Silverrajoo and Hassan, 2018;Balan et al, 2019;Hassan et al, 2021). In general, there is a scarcity of research aiming to determine the correlation between students' reading habits and achievement through the role of study skills at any academic level.…”

A Correlational Analysis of High and Low Achievers’ Study Habits Withtheir Achievement

“…Contrary to these results, some of the researchers found no significant relationship between study habits and achievement of students like Okake and Ukoh (2020) detected no significant correlation in study habits of the respondents with their academic achievement. Sherafat et al (2016) found that 71% of respondents of their study had poor study habits. However, students having good study habits performed well in their studies as compared to students of poor study habits.…”

Exploring gender-wise, sector-wise, and grade-wise difference among secondary school students’ reading habits

“…People read books, journals, novels, academic papers, and documents to acquire information [4]. Sherafat and Murthy [25] concluded that students preferred reading storybooks, magazines, comics, books on sports, and cartoons. Hussain and Munshi [4] found that Pakistani students tended to read books, journals, poetry, and stuff for entertainment, to spend their time during holidays for emotional satisfaction.…”