Authors :
Dickson P. Pagente; Glenne A. Rivera; Abigail E. Pinili; Prezel Joy J. Cole; Ramelyn D. Areglo; Christine Faith S. De Pedro; Rosemalyn C. Carinea
Volume/Issue :
Volume 7 - 2022, Issue 5 - May
Google Scholar :
https://bit.ly/3IIfn9N
Scribd :
https://bit.ly/3RtWahE
DOI :
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6827643
Abstract :
This study was conducted to examine the
influence of reading habits of college students on their
academic achievement. Reading habits, being the
exogenous variable, is categorized into reading attitude,
reading frequency, materials read, purpose of reading,
and time spent on reading. Meanwhile, academic
achievement was measured using the respondents’
General Point Average (GPA). One hundred forty-two
(142) college students were sampled for this study. Using
mean and standard deviation, the study revealed that
respondents are highly positive when it comes to reading
attitude, sometimes read in terms of reading frequency,
read a quite number of reading materials, highly
purposeful when it comes to purpose of reading, and
spent enough time when it comes to reading. Moreover,
the respondents’ academic achievement is generally good.
When test of relationship was done using Pearson r
product-moment correlation analysis, only reading
frequency has a significant relationship with academic
achievement. Furthermore, regression analysis revealed
that reading frequency is a significant predictor of
academic achievement. Recommendations include giving
the college students more reading tasks to cultivate their
critical thinking skills which would translate to
improvement of their academic achievement.
Keywords :
reading habits; reading attitude, reading frequency, reading materials, purpose of reading, time spent on reading; academic achievement, GPA.
This study was conducted to examine the
influence of reading habits of college students on their
academic achievement. Reading habits, being the
exogenous variable, is categorized into reading attitude,
reading frequency, materials read, purpose of reading,
and time spent on reading. Meanwhile, academic
achievement was measured using the respondents’
General Point Average (GPA). One hundred forty-two
(142) college students were sampled for this study. Using
mean and standard deviation, the study revealed that
respondents are highly positive when it comes to reading
attitude, sometimes read in terms of reading frequency,
read a quite number of reading materials, highly
purposeful when it comes to purpose of reading, and
spent enough time when it comes to reading. Moreover,
the respondents’ academic achievement is generally good.
When test of relationship was done using Pearson r
product-moment correlation analysis, only reading
frequency has a significant relationship with academic
achievement. Furthermore, regression analysis revealed
that reading frequency is a significant predictor of
academic achievement. Recommendations include giving
the college students more reading tasks to cultivate their
critical thinking skills which would translate to
improvement of their academic achievement.
Keywords :
reading habits; reading attitude, reading frequency, reading materials, purpose of reading, time spent on reading; academic achievement, GPA.
