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The students’ basic mathematics skills and study habits play a crucial role in shaping their learning and performance in mathematics. This study explored the basic math skills and study habits of students in relation to their performance in Mathematics. An online survey form was randomly distributed to 121 secondary students. The researchers adopted the descriptive-correlational research design and utilized the Students' Basic Mathematics Skills Questionnaire, Students' Study Habits Questionnaire, and students' records of grades as instruments. The statistical tools that the study used are Mean, Standard Deviation, Frequency, Percentage, Pearson Product-Moment Correlation Coefficient, and Stepwise Multiple Regression Analysis. The outcomes show that the pupils performed very well in Mathematics throughout all themes, especially strengths in presenting and communicating; study skills were also very strong in motivational attitude, proper note-making, and pre-testing readiness. Overall, mathematics performance is generally satisfactory except for considerable associations between achievement and capabilities in knowledge and comprehension, estimation, and computation. However, no significant relationship was found between study habits and performance except for the fact that knowing and understanding, as well as estimating and computing skills, have a significant impact on their mathematics performance. The study concludes that students' proficiency in basic math skills, especially in understanding, estimating, and computing, significantly influences their mathematics performance, whereas their study habits do not have a significant impact. It is highly recommended that educators first lay the foundational skills of the student in mathematics understanding, estimation, and computation since these are high-impact areas for students' performance in mathematics. More importantly, although good study habits are crucial, more emphasis should be given to critical math skills than to merely achieve better academic results. Further research is required to ascertain what kinds of instructional strategies most effectively boost students' basic math abilities and monitor the persistence of their impacts on mathematics achievement.
Keywords:
academic achievement, basic math skills, study habits, mathematics performance
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"Students` Basic Math Skills and Study Habits in Relation to Their Performance in Mathematics ", International Journal of Science & Engineering Development Research (www.ijrti.org), ISSN:2455-2631, Vol.10, Issue 1, page no.a551-a564, January-2025, Available :http://www.ijrti.org/papers/IJRTI2501066.pdf
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