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    Action Research-Reading Habits Among Students and Its Effect On Academic Performance

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    This study assessed the reading habits of grade 8 students at Alexis G. Santos National High School and the effects on their academic performance during the 2014-2015 school year. A questionnaire was distributed to 1052 students, with 1000 responding. The results showed that most students acknowledged the importance of reading, but 81.9% did not read novels or fiction in the last two semesters. Additionally, 62% only read to pass exams. The study confirmed that reading habits influence academic performance and that a relationship exists between reading habits and performance. It recommended that teachers encourage students to use the library for research rather than relying on handouts, and that the current student assessment system be reevaluated.

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    This study assessed the reading habits of grade 8 students at Alexis G. Santos National High School and the effects on their academic performance during the 2014-2015 school year. A questionnaire was distributed to 1052 students, with 1000 responding. The results showed that most students acknowledged the importance of reading, but 81.9% did not read novels or fiction in the last two semesters. Additionally, 62% only read to pass exams. The study confirmed that reading habits influence academic performance and that a relationship exists between reading habits and performance. It recommended that teachers encourage students to use the library for research rather than relying on handouts, and that the current student assessment system be reevaluated.

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    This study assessed the reading habits of grade 8 students at Alexis G. Santos National High School and the effects on their academic performance during the 2014-2015 school year. A questionnaire was distributed to 1052 students, with 1000 responding. The results showed that most students acknowledged the importance of reading, but 81.9% did not read novels or fiction in the last two semesters. Additionally, 62% only read to pass exams. The study confirmed that reading habits influence academic performance and that a relationship exists between reading habits and performance. It recommended that teachers encourage students to use the library for research rather than relying on handouts, and that the current student assessment system be reevaluated.

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    Action Research-Reading Habits Among Students and Its Effect On Academic Performance

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    This study assessed the reading habits of grade 8 students at Alexis G. Santos National High School and the effects on their academic performance during the 2014-2015 school year. A questionnaire was distributed to 1052 students, with 1000 responding. The results showed that most students acknowledged the importance of reading, but 81.9% did not read novels or fiction in the last two semesters. Additionally, 62% only read to pass exams. The study confirmed that reading habits influence academic performance and that a relationship exists between reading habits and performance. It recommended that teachers encourage students to use the library for research rather than relying on handouts, and that the current student assessment system be reevaluated.

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    Reading Habits among Students and its Effect on

    Academic Performance: An Action Research on


    Grade 8 Students of Alexis G. Santos National High
    School S.Y. 2014-2015
    ABSTRACT
    The study sought to assess the reading habits among students and their effects on their academic
    performance. The study was conducted in Koforidua Polytechnic situated in the Eastern Region
    of Ghana. A questionnaire was used for the data collection. The data collected were analyzed
    quantitatively with the use of Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS). Figures and tables
    were used to present the results of findings. From the total of 1052 copies of questionnaire
    distributed, 1000 copies, representing 95.0% were filled and returned. The findings showed that
    majority of the respondents acknowledge the importance of reading, 81.9% of the respondents
    neither read novel nor fiction within the last two semesters while 62.0% of the respondents only
    read for the purpose of passing examination. The study confirmed that reading habit has
    influence on academic performance and there is a relationship between reading habit and
    academic performance. The study recommended among others that lecturers should be advised to
    stop providing handouts to students but rather encourage them to use the library for research and
    also, the current system of assessing students should be given a second thought with respect to
    the formulae of assessment.

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