PEER GROUP INFLUENCE ON GEOMETRIC ACHIEVEMENT AMONG SOME SELECTED SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS’ IN BOSSO LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF NIGER STATE.

Abstract

The study investigated, peer group influence on geometric achievement among some selected senior secondary schools in Bosso Local Government Area, Niger State. The study was guided by three objectives, three corresponding research questions and two research hypothesis were stated and tested at 0.05 level of significance respectively. The purpose of the study were to determine if peer group has positive influence on geometric achievements and also to examine if peer group has negative influence on geometric achievements. The study adopted a survey research design, the target population consisted of 568 senior secondary school students (SSII) (314 male and 254 female). A reliability index of 0.75 was obtained. The findings of the study revealed that peer group has positive influence on geometric achievement among senior secondary students while peer group does not have a negative influence on students’ geometric achievements in senior secondary schools which clearly showed that there was a positive relationship between peer group influence and geometric achievement among senior secondary school students. The study concluded that peer group have a positive influence and relationship on geometric achievements among senior secondary school students. The study recommended that parents should have effective supervision and should not allow other home environmental factors to distract their children and also trained counsellors should be posted to all the secondary schools so as to help counsel few adolescents on positive and negative influence.