IMPACT OF STUDY HABITS ON PERFORMANCE OF STUDENTS AT UNDERGRADUATE LEVEL IN DERA GHAZI KHAN, PAKISTAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY

Abstract

It is said that study habits reflect the behavior of learners. In the educational span the students could not progress without good study habits. Therefore, this research study examined the comparative study of impact of study habits on performance of students at undergraduate level in Dera Ghazi Khan; Pakistan. Two null hypotheses were formulated for this research. This research was descriptive in nature and survey method was used for data collection. The sample was selected 300 out of 1500 students of BS Chemistry of university of Education, Lahore (Campus Dera Ghazi Khan) for data collection. . Chi square, t-test, Mean, Standard Deviation were used for data analysis. The finding of the study explored that there is significant relationship between study habits and performance of the students in their academic achievements and also revealed that female students have significantly mean difference than male students. It was recommended that university lecturers, counselors, and also high authorities should work collaboratively and guide learners (especially male learners) on how to increase good and efficient study habits; in this manner enhancing and developing their scholastic success.