Effect of Study Skills on Low Academic Self-Concept among Secondary School Students of Gombe Local Government Area of Gombe State

This paper investigated the effect of study skills on low academic self-concept among secondary school students in Gombe local government area. One research question was posed and one hypothesis formulated to guide the study. The design of the study is experimental research design. The population of the students with low academic self-concept is 1110. The sample of the study is 32 students which were selected through purposive sampling technique. Academic self-concept survey scale instrument was used for data collection. The data collected was analysed using mean and standard deviation while the null hypothesis was tested using analysis of co-variance at 0.05 level of significance. From the findings it was revealed that study skills is effective in enhancing academic performance of secondary school students and also there is significant difference in the post-testmean score of students treated with study skills and those of the control group. With this it was recommended that study skills technique should be adopted by school counsellors and other allied professionals as an effective treatment technique in enhancing academic self-concept of secondary school students and enhancing academic achievement, self-concept and mental health in school setting among others.