JOURNAL OF EDUCATION (EKSUJOE)

ASSESSMENT OF RESEARCH SKILLS AMONG GUIDANCE AND COUNSELLING UNDERGRADUATE IN DELTA STATE UNIVERSITY, ABRAKA

Abstract

The study explored the research skills among Guidance and Counselling undergraduate in Delta State University, Abraka. Five research questions guided the study. The entire population was used as the sample size. Data for this study was collected through the use of structured questionnaire.  The questionnaire consists of twenty (20) statements on research skills (problem identification, literature review, research design and conclusion). The researcher employed the mean (µ) to answer the stated research questions. The research findings among others showed that problem identification, literature, research design and conclusion are the research skills possess by guidance and counselling undergraduate final year students in Delta State University, that guidance and counselling undergraduate final year students possess problem identification skills in Delta State University, Abraka to a low extent. Based on the findings it was recommended that Universities should introduce a compulsory research skill development from 100 to 400 level students, universities should always organise compulsory workshops and seminars for all undergraduate students to handle these low research skills among guidance and counselling undergraduate final year students and universities should make the theoretical session of research methods practical before allowing students to take research project.