Teacher Commitment to Teaching and Its Impact on Student Academic Performance in Indonesian Language Subject

Basilius Redan Werang, Wiwik Fajrianti, I Made Suarjana, Sandra Ingried Asaloei

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Abstract: Teacher Commitment to Teaching and Its Impact on Student Academic Performance in Indonesian Language Subject. Objective: The purpose of this study was to assess the impact of teacher teaching commitment on the academic performance in Indonesian language subject among the state junior high school students in Merauke, Indonesia. Methods: The data on teacher teaching commitment were obtained from 309 junior high school students, while the data on the state junior high school students academic performance were obtained from the surveyed students academic records. The data were analyzed statistically using SPSS version 21. Findings: Statistical analysis revealed that teacher teaching commitment has a positive influence on the academic performance in Indonesian language subject among the state junior high school students in Merauke, Indonesia, as the R2 coefficient value was found to be .727 and the Sig. F change value was .000. Conclusion: Based on the result of statistical analysis, the study gives a deeper knowledge of the impact of teachers’ commitment to teaching on the academic performance in Indonesia language subject among the state junior high school students in Merauke, Indonesia.

Keywords: academic performance, junior high school students, teachers, teaching commitment.

Abstrak: Komitmen Guru untuk Mengajar dan Dampaknya Terhadap Prestasi Akademik Siswa Pada Mata Pelajaran Bahasa Indonesia. Tujuan: Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menilai pengaruh komitmen mengajar guru terhadap prestasi akademik siswa SMP Negeri di Merauke, Indonesia pada mata pelajaran Bahasa Indonesia. Metode: Data komitmen mengajar guru diperoleh dari 309 siswa SMP, sedangkan data prestasi akademik siswa SMP diperoleh dari catatan akademik siswa yang disurvei. Data dianalisis secara statistik menggunakan SPSS versi 21. Temuan: Analisis statistik mengungkapkan bahwa komitmen mengajar guru berpengaruh positif terhadap kinerja akademik pada mata pelajaran bahasa Indonesia pada siswa SMP negeri di Merauke, Indonesia, yang ditunjukkan oleh nilai koefisien R2 adalah 0,727 dengan perubahan nilai Sig. F adalah .000. Kesimpulan: Berdasarkan hasil analisis statistik, penelitian ini memberikan pengetahuan yang lebih dalam tentang dampak komitmen guru mengajar terhadap kinerja akademik mata pelajaran bahasa Indonesia di kalangan siswa sekolah menengah pertama negeri di Merauke, Indonesia.

Kata kunci: prestasi akademik, siswa SMP, guru, komitmen mengajar.

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.23960/jpp.v12.i2.202234


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