THE EFFECTIVENESS OF INTERNET MEDIA AS LEARNING SOURCE TO IMPROVE SELF-CONFIDENCE AND LEARNING INDEPENDENCE OF STUDENTS

Abstract

The objective of this research is to examine the effectiveness of  internet media as learning source for improving self-confidence and learning independence of students class XI social MAN 3 Yogyakarta in academic year of 2015/2016. This study was an experimental research. The sample of the research include class XI IPS 1 as experiment class amounted to 28 students  and XI IPS 2 as control class amounted to 27 students.  The  result of the study showed that there were differences in self-confidence of students took part in the learning by using the Internet proven by significance of Anova test 0.001. There were differences in learning independence between students took part in the learning by using the Internet and those took part in the learning without using the Internet proven by significance of Anova test 0.018. There were an improvement in students’ self-confidence after taking part the Internet-based learning proven by the result of the initial score of self-confidence, the lowest was 56, the highest was 94 and mean was 78.29, while for the final score of selfconfidence, the lowest was 69, the highest was 99, and the mean was 83.07, degree of significance 0.001 with T- Test. There were an improvement in learning independence of students took part in the Internet-based learning proven by the result of the initial score of learning independenc, the lowest was 43, the highest was 75 and the mean was 61, while for the final score of learning independence, the lowest was 50, the highest was 76 and the mean 63.32, degree of significance 0.030 with T-Test.

Keywords: The Internet as the Learning Source, Self-Confidence, Learning Independence