THE COMPARISON OF MALE AND FEMALE STUDENTS’ ENGLISH ACHIEVEMENT IN RELATION TO LEARNING STYLE AT THE EIGHT GRADE OF SMP LABORATORIUM UNDIKSHA SINGARAJA

Authors

  • I Gst. Ayu Agung Mirah Meyliana .
  • Prof. Dr.I Ketut Seken,MA .
  • Drs.Gede Batan,MA .

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.23887/jpbi.v1i1.3162

Abstract

Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian korelasi ex-post facto yang bertujuan untuk menguji: (1) ada tidaknya perbedaan yang signifikan antara prestasi belajar Bahasa Inggris siswa laki-laki dan perempuan pada kelas delapan sekolah menengah pertama (SMP) Laboratorium Undiksha Singaraja tahun akademik 2013/2014; (2) ada tidaknya korelasi yang signifikan antara prestasi belajar Bahasa Inggris siswa laki-laki dan perempuan terhadap gaya belajar mereka; dan (3) ada tidaknya korelasi yang signifikan antara prestasi belajar Bahasa Inggris siswa dengan gaya belajar mereka. Jumlah populasi adalah 93 siswa yang merupakan jumlah keseluruhan kelas delapan. Jumlah sampel sebesar 30 yang terdiri dari 15 siswa laki laki dan 15 siswa perempuan. Sampel penelitian dipilih melalui teknik proportional random sampling. Data gaya belajar siswa diperoleh dari PLSPQ (Reid,1984) sedangkan prestasi Bahasa Inggris siswa diperoleh dari dokumentasi yaitu nilai raport siswa. Data dianalisis dengan menggunakan statistik deskriptif dan inferential. Statistik Deskriptif digunakan untuk menggambarkan data variabel yang diperoleh dan statistik Inferensial digunakan untuk menguji hipotesis. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa (1) terdapat perbedaan yang siginifikan antara hasil belajar Bahasa Inggris siswa perempuan dan laki-laki, dengan nilai rata-rata Bahasa Inggris siswa perempuan yaitu 86,4 dan siswa laki-laki 81,4; (2) gaya belajar siswa perempuan berkolerasi negatif terhadap prestasi Bahasa Inggris mereka (ρ<0.05), yaitu sebesar 19 % dengan r = 0.139 dan terdapat kontribusi yang positif dari gaya belajar siswa laki-laki terhadap prestasi belajar Bahasa Inggris mereka (ρ<0.05), yaitu sebesar 21 % dengan r = 0.466; dan (3) tidak terdapat hubungan yang signifikan antara gaya belajar dan hasil belajar siswa yaitu sebesar 0.21 dengan rcv= 0.29 (α = 0.05).
Kata Kunci : gaya belajar, prestasi bahasa inggris, siswa laki laki , siswa perempuan

This study was an ex-post facto correlational study, which aimed at investigating (1) whether or not there was any significant difference in English achievement between male and female students at the eight grade of SMP Laboratorium Undiksha; (2) whether or not there was significant correlation between Male and Female students’ English Language Achievement and their learning style; and (3) whether or not there was a significant correlation between the students’ achievement and their learning styles. The population of the study was the eighth grade students of SMP Laboratorium Undiksha Singaraja in academic year 2013/2014 which consisted of 93 students. The samples of the study were 30 students of SMP Laboratorium Undiksha Singaraja in academic year 2013/2014, it consisted of 15 male students and 15 female students. Those samples were selected through proportional random sampling technique. The data concerning on students’ learning style were collected through PLSPQ (Reid, 1984), while the data about the students’ English achievement were taken by using documentation techniqe, that was from the students’ school report books. The data were analyzed by using descriptive and inferential statistics. The descriptive statistic was used to describe the obtained data and the inferential statistic was used to hypothesis testing. The result of the study showed that: (1) there was a significant difference between female and male students in terms of their English acheivement (P<0.05), where the mean score of female students was 86.4, and the mean score of male students was 81.4; (2) there was no significant correlation of female students’ learning style to their English achievement (ρ<0.05), that was 19% with r= 0.139, but there was a significant correlation of male students’ learning style to their English achievement (ρ<0.05), namely 21 % with r = 0.466; and (3) there was no significant correlation of Students’ Learning Style to their English Achievement, the value of correlation coeficient was 0.21, while rcv = 0.29 (α = 0.05 ).
keyword : english achievement, learning styles, female students, male students.

Published

2014-07-01

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