Study habits and academic performance of Law and Education students from a State Mexican University

Abstract

The main objective of this research was to identify and characterize the differences in study habits based on personal and academic variables in students of two bachelor's degree (Law and Education Sciences) of Faculty of Administrative and Social Sciences (FCAYS), Autonomous University of Baja California (UABC), Mexico. The sample of this study was 347 students from both programs. The main source of data was the instrument Study Habits Inventory (SHI) which has the following dimensions: environmental conditions, study planning, use of materials, and content assimilation. Descriptive, comparative (ANOVA) and correlation analyses were performed to analyze the data. In the correlation analysis between the variables associated with students' study habits and the grade point average, results show that there are statistically significant connections the dimension of materials. Results show that characterizing and comparing study habits of university students in both programs provides empirical evidence about best study practices and their connection with academic performance, both aspects related to the improvement of the quality of education. It is recommended to carry out more studies considering students from other fields of knowledge