Friday, March 31, 2017

THE EFFECT OF PEER ASSESSMENT AND ACHIEVEMENT MOTIVATION ON STUDENTS’ WRITING ACHIEVEMENT





By:
I.G.A. Lokita Purnamika Utami

Jurusan Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris, Fakultas Bahasa dan Seni
Universitas Pendidikan Ganesha
Jalan A.Yani no 67, Singaraja-Bali-Indonesia

Abstract:

The topic of this study is the interactional effect between peer assesment and achievement motivation on students’ writing achievement. This topic is significantly related with some researches on peer assessment and achievement motivation which are to be said may improve students’ writing achievement. The study specifically investigated whether (1) there was a significant difference on students writing achievement when they were treated by using peer assessment and conventional assessment; and whether (2) there was any interaction between the application of peer assessment and students’ achievement motivation in improving the students’ writing achievement. The study was an experimental study with Posttest Only Control Group Design. The population were 140  students who took writing II course. From the population 60 students were used as sample which were assigned into two groups, i.e. experimental group and control group, by multi stage sampling technique. The research used two data-collection instruments i.e. the writing test and the scale of achievement motivation in studying English. The data were analyzed by using descriptive statistic and inferential statistic i.e. two ways ANOVA. The result of the analysis are; first,  there was a significant difference between the writing achievement of the students whose writings were assessed by using peer assessment and the students whose writing were assessed by using conventional assessment. Second, there was an interaction between the application of peer assessment and students’ achievement motivation in improving the students’ writing achievement.

Keywords: achievement motivation, peer assessment, writing achievement

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Issues on English Teacher Professional Development in Indonesia: Personal Learning, is it a Choice?


 I.G.A. Lokita Purnamika Utami 
State University of Malang, Malang, Indonesia 
Ganesha University of Education, Bali, Indonesia
 Email: lokita.purnamika@yahoo.com 

Abstract: Indonesian government has been putting much effort in improving its education quality as well as teacher quality. One way of making this true is by organizing some professional development programs. As English is not spoken as a formal language in Indonesia, and merely seen as international language, English teacher professional development faces many challenges. The aim of this paper is to review some literature on the issues around teacher professional development in Indonesia in general and English teacher professional development in particular. This review is essential to see the problems of Indonesian professional development, professional development in poor and modern schools, and personal learning as professional development practices which can be recommended for teachers in poor and isolated area.
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