Thaib, Dina and Zulkabir, (2005) The Effectiveness of Tutorial as Learning Guidance Process to Enhance Students’ Self-Directed Learning Readiness in UPBJJ-UT Bandung. In: 19th International Annual Conference of AAOU, 15-17 September 2005, Milenium Hotel.
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Abstract
One indicator to achieve distance education students performance is the ability of their self-directed learning. Tutorial as a learning guidance process is an effort to enhance the ability of students self directed learning. This article is based on a research conducted to gain a general view on tutorial effectiveness in the Elementary Teacher Education Program (ETEP) which is indicated by the increasing of the students’ Self-Directed Learning Readiness (SDLR) and their learning performance. The survey was conducted at UPBJJ-UT Bandung, one of the Universitas Terbuka’s regional offices with n = 654 selected purposively based on their length of study. Research variables were students’ SDLR and their learning performance. Primary data were collected using questionnaire and secondary data were down-loaded from UT’s computer center. The data were analyzed using quantitative analysis. The results of this research revealed that: (1) there was a significant increase in students’ SDLR after being three semester length of study ; (2) there was a significant difference on the average final mark on tutored courses and the average final marks on untutored courses; (3) the entry behavior, the learning process and the motivation factors affected students’ learning performance at the first, second and third semester respectively (4) the tutorial process has already shown the effectiveness of students’ SDLR, and (5) the counseling services were suggested to be implemented. . These study results suggested that the model and mechanism of tutorial have to be frequently socialized both to the tutors and students. Furthermore, these study results provide the direction of counseling activities for distance education students as a whole. Universitas Terbuka as a distance education institution should provide all possibility facilities needed in order to conduct counseling activities in all UT’s regional offices.
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