CHAPTER ONE

INTRODUCTION

1.1 Background to the study

Hausa is the largest and dominate language in northern Nigeria. Education is the process of teaching or learning, especially in a school or college. The educational journey from pre-school to high school can be quite challenging. In pre-school and elementary school, students often receive individualized instruction from teachers during the learning process. In addition, pupils may spend several periods each day with the same teacher and classmates.

However, in the middle school, students are likely to become mobile as they move from class to class to take courses from teachers in specialized areas. High school offers even more challenges. Students are actively engaged in determining which courses they take. Their courses are taught by different teachers and the students in their classes change from period to period. In this environment, students must make too rapid adjustments. First, they must become comfortable and efficient with the greater autonomy and responsibility presented by large and often impersonal high schools (Ford, Obiakor, and Patton, 1995). Second, they must adjust to a wide array of teaching styles, instructional techniques. Study Skills are strategies and techniques that enables you to make the most efficient use of your time, resources, and academic potential. Developing and improving your study

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skills can help you. It should be noted that study skills and time management can help in this regard to the development and progress of the language into high position of recognition, be it in writing books, papers, and pamphlets e.t.c.

This study is based on the fact that a lot of issues have been raised on the effects of study and time management. It is very clear that the need of good and efficient study orientation skills is a compulsory element to the students. They will encounter so many problems in their study due to the different needs of study skills and learning system (William, 2005; Kimberly, 2004). The student’s task in overcoming their study difficulties is a need to adapt and adopt a new academic and social environment. The number of problems in UG IV Hausa Education Students of Usmanu Danfodiyo University Sokoto are large; some occur due to poor consultation among themselves. With the above mentioned problem of UG IV Hausa Education Students of Usmanu Danfodiyo University Sokoto, it is expected that, this study will give the way out which will help UG IV Hausa Education Students of Usmanu Danfodiyo University Sokoto.

1.2 Statement of the Problem

It needs to be made clear that the need of good and efficient study orientation is a compulsory element to the students. William (2005) opined that students will encounter so many problems in their study due to the different needs of study skills and time management. The student’s task in

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overcoming their study difficulties is a need that entails to adapting or adopting a new academic and social environment. Katherine (2003) states that the obvious problem faced by these secondary school students when the study in the university or during their first year study is adapting to the way of study. This is related to study skills parameters such as note taking during listening to lecture, assignment writing skills, library skills, examination skills, effective study techniques and academic background. Students will identify what time management is, how it can be used in their role as a student and some tools to help them implement time management. It is in recognition to the fact that writing in the aspect of study and time management skills is very scarce, their this research is embarked upon in order find one the effects of study and time management skills of UG IV Hausa Education Students of Usmanu Danfodiyo University Sokoto in order to increase the body of knowledge in the area.

1.3 Objectives of the Study

The aim of this research is to find out the effects of study and time management skills of UG IV Hausa Education Students of Usmanu Danfodiyo University Sokoto. The study specifically concern with the following objectives:

1.      To determine the effectiveness of the study and Time management skills of UG IV Hausa Education Student of Usmanu Danfodiyo University Sokoto.

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2.      To find out the relationship between effects of study skills and time management skills of UG IV Hausa Education Students of Usmanu Danfodiyo University Sokoto.

3.      To find out how UG IV Hausa Education Students manage their time and balance their academic studies with other aspects of their life of UG IV Hausa Education Students of Usmanu Danfodiyo University Sokoto..

4.      To find out how UG IV Hausa Education Students can prepare for and take examinations of UG IV Hausa Education Students of Usmanu Danfodiyo University Sokoto.

5.      To provide solutions to the problem of time wasting in UG IV Hausa Education Students of Usmanu Danfodiyo University Sokoto.

1.4 Research Questions

1.   What is the effectiveness of study and time management skills for UG IV Hausa Education Students?

2.    What is the relationship between effects of study and time management skills for UG IV Hausa Education Students?

3.  In what ways does UG IV Hausa Education Students of Usmanu Danfodiyo University Sokoto prepare for and take examinations?

4.  How does UG IV Hausa Education Students manage their academic studies with other aspects of their life?

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