Effect of Study Skills and Senior Secondary Schools Students’ Academic Performance in Biology in Abak Local Government Area, Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria

Abstract

This study centered on Study Skills and Senior Secondary Schools Students’ Academic Performance in Biology in Abak Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State. Three research questions and three corresponding hypotheses were formulated. The expost-facto research design was used for the study. The study was conducted in Abak Local Government Area. The population consisted of three thousand four hundred and eighty-three students from eleven public secondary schools during the 2024/2025 academic session in Abak Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State. A structured questionnaire was used to obtain data and students’ academic performance scores was obtained from the Biology Performance Test (BPT);The instruments were duly validated and subjected to kuder-Richardson-21 (KR-21) formula was obtained which stood a reliability index value of 0.97 for time management skill, 0.90 for concentration skill, 0.90 for note-taking skill and 0.80 for BPT. To test the hypotheses, independent t-test analysis was employed. The findings revealed that there is significant difference in students’ academic performance in Biology based on students’ time management skill, concentration skill, and note-taking skill. It has been recommended that study skills should be emphasized to students, including how it affects the learning outcomes in secondary school to enhance students’ academic performance