Study Habit Predicts Examination Behaviour: An Imperative For Enhancing Quality of College Guidance and Counselling

Abstract

Study habit was investigated as a predictor of students’ examination behaviour. The sample consisted of 1290 first
year students in tertiary institutions in Delta State. Multiple Regression was used to analyze data collected with a study habits
and examination behaviour questionnaire. It was found that study habit was a significant predictor of examination behaviour and
that gender did not significantly moderate the prediction of examination behaviour by study habits. Therefore, it was
recommended that educational practitioners especially counselors should use measures of students’ study habits as indicators
of their disposition towards engaging in examination malpractices thereby administering proactive counselling on them before
they sit for examinations. This could enhance the quality of college counselling in African schools because the level of
examination malpractices may be drastically reduced.