Guidance and Counseling Services, Interest and Students’ Performance in Physics in Gwagwalada Area Council of FCT, Abuja, Nigeria
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Guidance and counseling, interest, students’ performanceAbstract
The influence of guidance and counseling services, interest and students’ performance in physics in Gwagwalada area council of FCT, Abuja, Nigeria was investigated. It was guided by three hypotheses tested at a 0.05 level of significance. The study adopted an ex-post facto design. The population comprised all the Physics students in the 13 public secondary schools in Gwagwalada Area Council of FCT. A sample of 324 (174 Physics students who use counseling services and 150 Physics students who do not use counseling services) from four randomly selected public secondary schools in Gwagwalada Area Council of Abuja was used. The instrument for data collection was a proforma containing students visit to the counselors, Physics students’ interest scale and Physics results that was validated by three experts in related area. The researchers visited the selected schools and extracted the data for 2023/2024 session used for the study. Data were analyzed using mean, standard deviation and t-test statistics. The results indicate 148 Physics students with positive interest and 152 Physics students with negative interest to Physics, using the Physics interest scale. The result also revealed a significant difference between the mean performance scores of Physics students who use counseling services and Physics students who do not use counseling services, Physics students’ interest and their gender. Recommendations include that the school authorities in Abuja should encourage Physics students to visit the guidance counselor, counselors should counsel the Physics students to have more interest in the subject and female Physics students should pay more attention in the Physics class. The implications of the study for Guidance and Counseling are that its implementation in the schools improves performance in Physics examination.
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