Benue State University, Makurdi

PERSISTENCE AND LEARNING ORIENTATION AS CORRELATE OF STUDENTS’ ACADEMIC ADJUSTMENT IN PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES IN NASARAWA STATE

Lucy Ungie Ada Ugbe, PhD, Dr. Justina Ingiaga Reamen and Dr. Tunde Dayo Oke

Abstract

The study examined persistence and learning orientation as correlate of students’ academic adjustment in public universities in Nasarawa State. Two research questions and one hypothesis guided the study. The study adopted correlation research design. The population comprised 38,433 students in two public universities in Nasarawa State. The sample was made up of 367 who were selected using multi-stage sampling procedure. The instrument for data collection were two set of questionnaire titled ‘‘Persistence and Learning Orientation Scale (PLOSS)’’ and ‘‘Academic Adjustment Questionnaire (AAQ)’’ with reliability coefficients of 0.77 and 0.89 respectively. The data collected were analysed using Pearson Product Moment Correlation (PPMC) to answer the research questions and linear regression to test hypothesis. The findings of the study were revealed that persistence and learning orientation have a positive significant correlation with academic adjustment of students in Benue State. Based on the findings of the study, it was recommended that Students should be persistent with their academic programmes and university management should be organizing periodic learning orientation workshops for students.

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