Examining the Correlation between Students’ Perception and Their Achievement in Online Learning: Indonesian School Evidence
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Perception, English Achievement, Correlational Research.Abstract
This study was aimed to find out whether or not there is a relationship between students’ perception and their learning achievement towards Online learning during pandemic covid-19 at MTS Pondok Madinah Makassar. This research used Descriptive correlational study with a quantitative. The sample of this research was the third-grade students MTS Pondok Madinah Makassar which was 30 students. The researcher used total sampling technique to select the sample. The instruments of the research were questionnaire which was related to students’ perception toward Online learning during pandemic covid-19, and the data from documentation was intended to find out students’ achievement. The findings show that the mean score of students’ perceptions is 83,3. Meanwhile mean score of students’ achievements is 88.5. Based on the Product Moment test, it shows that there is moderate correlation between students’ perception toward Online learning during pandemic and achievement of the third grade of MTS Pondok Madinah Makassar was 0,457 indicating a moderate correlation. Therefore, it answered the research question that there is a correlation between students’ perception and their English learning achievement. This study suggests the students to build more perception in learning English because perception and learning achievement has a positive relationship.
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