The Effect of Guidance and Counseling Service in Enhancing Academic Performance of Students. A Case of Cruise Secondary School Lafto Sub City
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2017-10
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The general objective of the study was examining the effect of guidance and counseling service
on academic performance and student study habit. The study was conducted at Cruise high
school located at Addis Ababa, around South Africa Street. Two-independent random groups
study design was used to undertake the study. 60 students selected randomly from grade 9
participated in the study. The students were grouped as experiment and comparison group
randomly, 30 students for each. Primary data was collected from both the experiment and
control groups before and after the intervention. Study habits inventory and roster were used to
collect data. The reliability of the study habit scales were evaluated before full scale application
and were found reliable. The analysis involved descriptive as well as inferential statistics.
Calculation of mean and standard deviation were undertaken in the analysis of the academic
results and achievements of the students. T-test for comparison of two sample means were used
to test the study hypothesis by examining the statistical significance of the academic result and
study habit difference between the two groups. The counseling service had been provided to
students in the experiment group only. The findings of the study showed as the intervention was
effective in improving the study habits of the students in the experiment group significantly. The
students in the experiment group were found to have better time management, concentration,
note taking, reading comprehension, test preparation and test taking, reading speed, writing
skills and test anxiety management ability that the comparison groups. Besides, the test results of
the students in the experiment group (M=2.20, SD=.589) was higher than that of the comparison
group (M=2.03.8 SD=.657), t (2.187) =.031, p< 0.05This implies as the intervention had a
positive effect on the students’ academic performance as well.
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the effect of guidance and counseling service