الملخص الإنجليزي
This study aims at examining the effectiveness of a group
counselling program designed to improve the study skills of low
achieving students in grade ten, and examining its results in their
school achievement.
The study sample consists of 26 students selected based on their
achievement grades, and are divided into two equal groups (control
and experimental) of 13 students each.
The expiremntal group was given a 16-session programme
prepared by the researcher. Members of the two groups were preassessed,
post-assessed and follow-up-assessed using the study
habits scale designed by the researcher.
To examine the study hypothesis, the researcher used the nonparametric
Mann-Whitney U Test for the independent samples and
the non-parametric Wilcoxon test for the dependent samples.
The results showed statistically significant differences between the
grades of the experimental and control groups. These differences
are attributed to the counselling program and are for the
experimental group. The results also showed no statistically
significant differences between the achievement grades of the two
groups.
A number of recommendations and suggestions are provided for
future studies on the subject.
