The paper examines “Study Habits and educational attainment of Pre-Service Biology in Federal College of Education, Zaria”. The investigation sets two objectives, two research questions and two hypotheses. The investigation used a descriptive survey research design. The population of the study in this context comprises all the NCE III Biology/Integrated Science students in Federal College of Education, Zaria, Kaduna State with 3,242 students’ population and a sample of 580. The instrument that was used to collect the data for this research was a structured questionnaire. The data obtained were analysed using frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation and t-test using Statistical Packages for Social Sciences version 20.0. The study found that there is a notable gap between study habits on time allocation to study and students’ academic performance of pre-service teachers in Federal College of Education, Zaria with aexact significance level of 0.0013 and t-calculated (8.831). The investigation rejected the null hypothesis and accepted that there are notable distinctions in study habits on time allocation to study and student academic performance of pre-service teachers in the Federal College of Education, Zaria. The inquiry recommended that the students should be properly screened on their level of academic performance and study habits by the teachers/lecturers through the use of standardized study habits. This will enable them pinpoint students with problems with study habits to institute compulsory courses and academic advice for underachievers to improve their study habits and educational attainment in Biology. Biology lecturers should develop a habit of using different methods of teaching biology so that they will carry all the students along since there are individual differences.
Najmuddeen et al. (Fri,) studied this question.