EFFECT OF STUDY SKILL TRAINING AND MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCE INTERVENTION ON READING HABIT OF JUNIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN OYO STATE

Akinbode, Akanbi Lateef & Awoyemi, A. Emmanuel

Abstract

Reading plays a vital role in the educational attainment of students. However, poor reading habit among students is a great concern to the society. This habit undermines the educational attainment and career actualization of most students. Therefore, the objective of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of Study Skill Training (SST) and Multiple Intelligence Intervention (MII) in enhancing reading habit of junior secondary school students in Ibadan, Nigeria. The moderating effect of gender was examined. Purposive sampling technique was used to select a secondary school each from Ibadan North, Ibadan South West and Ibadan South East respectively. Ninety participants across the three secondary schools who scored below 30 in the screening exercise were randomly selected for the study but 88 completed the programme. Cognitive Style (r = 0.78), Reading Habit Scale (r =0.89) were used for data collection. Study skill training and Multiple intelligence intervention had significant main effect on reading habit. Gender had a significant main effect on reading habit among the participants have improved reading habit than their male counterparts. It was recommended that educational and counselling psychologists should constantly assist students to improve their reading habit using these interventions.