Title:
THE CONTRIBUTION OF METACOGNITIVE SKILLS AND MOTIVATION ON THE RETENTION OF SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN MALANG, INDONESIA

Authors:
Widya Sarah Fauziah Widodo, Aloysius Duran Corebima, Susriyati Mahanal

Volume:1 Issue: 2

Abstract:
This research aims at revealing the correlation between metacognitive skills and motivation toward retention, as well as the amount of the contribution of metacognitive skills and motivation toward student's retention in biology learning implementing of cooperative script strategy. The design used in this research was a descriptive-correlational research. This research involved 19 students of class X Natural Science of Muhammadiyah 1 Senior High school Malang. The data collected in this research were the data of the pretest and posttest of metacognitive skills and motivation as well as the retention data (three weeks after the posttest). The data were analyzed using multiple linear regression analysis. The results of the analysis showed that there was a correlation between metacognitive skills and motivation toward student's retention in cooperative script strategy with the regression line equation Y = -3.510 + 0,757X1 + 0, 061X2, and the contribution value of 79.6%; the effective contribution of metacognitive skills toward retention was 79.54%, and the effective contribution of motivation toward retention was 0.06%. The contribution of the other factors, was as much as 20,4%.

Citation:

[Thalib, Murni, A. Duran Corebima, and Abdul Ghofur. "THE CONTRIBUTION OF METACOGNITIVE SKILLS AND MOTIVATION ON THE RETENTION OF SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN MALANG, INDONESIA." IJAH March 1.2 (2017): 162-71.]