Influence of Gender and Study Habit among secondary school students and their Academic Performance in Chemistry in Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC), Nigeria

The study examined the relationship between study habits of male and female secondary school students’ performance in Chemistry. A non-randomized pre-test-post-test control group quasi-experimental design was adopted in the study. 162 SSII Chemistry students’ were selected using simple random sampling technique. The study made used of intact class of 87 male science students and 75 female science students from the four randomly selected secondary schools to form the experimental and control groups respectively. The experimental group was taught using guided study habit while the control group was taught using conventional method. The instrument for the study was a Chemistry Achievement Test (CAT) multiple choice items. Data gathered for the study were analysed at 0.05 level of significant using Pearson Product Moment Correlation analysis and t-test Statistical method for the hypotheses, with the value of 0.695 and (t(160) =0.5116 at p ≤ .05) respectively. Findings from the study showed that there is a positive correlation between student’s study habits and their academic performance. It was also found that there is no gender related difference in students study habit and their academic performance in Chemistry. Therefore it was recommended among others, that students should be encouraged to cultivate good study habit in Chemistry and guidance, teachers and parents should discourage students from bad study habit.