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Acheau, M.O., & Larson, A.G. (2003). Reading Habits Among Students and its
of Koforidua Polytechnic
Reading habits are well-planned and deliberate pattern of study which has attained a
form of consistency on the part of students toward understanding academic subjects and
a great extent. Both reading and academic achievements are interrelated and dependent on
each other. Students often come from different environments and localities with different
levels of academic achievement. Therefore, they differ in the pattern of reading habits. While
some students have good reading habits, others tend to exhibit poor reading habits.
Academic achievement means how much knowledge the individual has acquired from the
A creative and pragmatic education involves the habit of personal investigation. The
Self-study, otherwise referred to as reading at one’s own accord, requires a habit, which is
known as reading habit. Reading makes way for a better understanding of one’s own
experiences and it can be an exciting voyage to self-discovery. “Reading habit is best formed
at a young impressionable age in school, but once formed it can last one’s life time (Green,
2001).
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Reading and academic achievement are essential for research workers and
educationists to know that every child whether he or she is gifted, average, normal or
backward etc, should be educated in his or her own way but if he or she possesses good
study habits, he or she can perform well in academics and in every situation. It is the reading
habits which help the learner in obtaining meaningful and desirable knowledge. Good
reading habits act as a strong weapon for the students to excel in life (Bashir & Mattoo,
2012).
A lot of researchers like Ogbodo (2002), Bhan & Gupta (2010), and Singh (2011)
have done work on reading, especially how it affects the academic performance of students.
However, most of these works pertain to the international community. Few ones such as
Ward, (1997), Agbezree, (2001) conducted in Ghana were limited to primary and secondary
levels of education. It is against this backdrop that it has become necessary to conduct
similar study in Ghana to examine the effect of reading habits on the academic performance
of students in the tertiary level of education in Ghana with particular reference to Koforidua
Polytechnic.
Daniel, O.C., Esoname, S.R., Chima, OD., & Udoaky, O.S (2017). Effect of Reading
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/319153968_Effect_of_Reading_Habits_on_the_
Academic_Performance_of_Students_A_Case_Study_of_the_Students_of_Afe_Babalola_U
niversity_Ado-Ekiti_Ekiti_State
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Reading is not just about printed matter, but about the ability to interpret anything
that is intended to convey a message or that which is to enable communication. The advent
of the Internet has revolutionized the reading habits of students and its dominance is quite
prevailing among the young people. With the growing amount of digital information
available, people particularly young adults are found spending more time reading electronic
materials.
concentration ability through cultivating good reading habit, further described man as a
creator of habits. Man has the ability to create habits that will enable him achieve pressing
needs hence; he can form habits of study, emotional control, habitual attitudes and habit of
any educational institution whose core vision is to develop human in character and
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habits are: the amount of reading, or number of books read in a given time and space,
usually a year or semester (e.g. Katsikas and Leontsini, 1996), the amount of time reading or
number of hours spent reading for pleasure in a given unit of time, usually a week
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(Anderson, Wilson and Field-ing, 1988: 287), and the frequency of library attendance and
attitudes toward reading, as variables related to reading habits (Gilardoni, 2006: 26; Murillo
et al., 2003: 37). A later study (Mar, Oatley, Hirsh, De la Paz and Peterson, 2006: 1) in which
study habits were examined, it is mentioned that the topic itself is difficult to assess given the
social desirability, and the fact that read-ing is linked to the idea of intelligence and
sophistication. This thought may overestimate the perception about how much you read.
The development of reading habits is a socialization process, determined by the learning that
takes place in different contexts (family and school) (Larrañaga and Yubero, 2005: 43). In the
school context, the promotion of reading not only depends on knowledge or skill, but also
on the student wanting to read (values and attitudes) (Colomina, 2004: 48). The university
library is a resource that promotes reading to a certain extent. In a recent analysis published
in 2008, Orera (2008: 24) stated that one purpose and function of a library is to make its
to implement new strategies and ways to find information (Sanchez, 2004: 100). This leads
students to learn a new literary competence. This ability is acquired through the habit of
reading, which allows for greater integration and pragmatic contextualization (surveys,
delineations, references, sensations and associations) that a particular text is able to develop
In relation to the behavior of where books read come from, library use may relate to
the student’s reading habits (Murillo et al., 2003: 37). To identify the frequency of attendance
and use of library resources it is necessary to evaluate the library services (Escalona, 2004:
service meets the demands of its users (Lancaster and Joncich, 1983: 1). Today it is known
that high levels of academic performance are dependent on many families, institutional and
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individual factors. Institutional factors include the training of teachers (Arenas and
Fernández, 2009, 15), methods of teaching and the principles for developing a teaching
strategy (Stenhouse, 2003: 53), as well as the campus infrastructure (Flórez , 2005).
Regarding individual factors, Relationship between reading habits, university library and
academic performance 59the findings of Almeida, Guisande, Primi and Lemos (2008: 57)
This study investigated the relationship between reading habits, use of university
with Likert responses was modified, tested and implemented to determine the self-
perception of reading habits, university library usage patterns and the academic performance
(grades for the semes-ter) of psychology students. From these data, we predict that students
with more developed reading habits and increased use of the university library will have
correlations between the components of reading habits, use of the library and academic
performance.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
Acheau, M.O., & Larson, A.G. (2003). Reading Habits Among Students and its
of Koforidua Polytechnic
Daniel, O.C., Esoname, S.R., Chima, OD., & Udoaky, O.S (2017). Effect of Reading
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/319153968_Effect_of_Reading_Habits_on_the_
Academic_Performance_of_Students_A_Case_Study_of_the_Students_of_Afe_Babalola_U
niversity_Ado-Ekiti_Ekiti_State
https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/67cb/0a57f7500222f5b03cf11255f0a6378f9eeb.pdf
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