Study habits and academic performance in university students

Abstract

The purpose of this research was to determine the relationship between study habits and academic performance of algebra students at a private university in San Pedro Sula, during the 2016 academic year. The study was developed following a quantitative, scope approach descriptive-correlational and transversal design. The sample was non-experimental probabilistic constituted by 238 students. The questionnaire used to collect the data was, the study habits of Mena, Golbach and Veliz (2009), providing a reliability of 0.89 that evaluates five dimensions: schedule organization, study methodology, behavior when taking an exam, internal factors and motivations to learn and willingness to face algebraic problems. The results of the research demonstrate the existence of a statistically significant relationship between the levels of study habits and the levels of academic performance of students studying algebra.