Exploring The Association Between Learners' Academic Self-Concept and Academic Achievement In The English Subject
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association, academic self-concept, academic achievement, English SubjectAbstract
Academic achievement is significantly influenced by the cognitive and emotional involvement of students in their learning experiences, which are motivated by factors including academic self-concept. The purpose of this study is to elaborate the significant association of learners’ academic self-concept and academic achievement in the English subject. This research used quantitative data approach and analysis of Product-Moment according to Karl Pearson. There were two variables, namely academic self-concept (X), and Academic achievement (Y). There were 177 samples of this research out of 317 population gotten from simple random sampling. The value of the correlation between academic self-concept and academic achievement was 0.646 r-table (0.001) and the p-value was 0.001 lower than the significance level 0.05. Academic Self-Concept was in the high category because 68% out of samples got 67-82 and categorized as the high. More than 80% samples got scores 70-100 and the Academic Achievement categorized as the very high achievement. There was a significant positive correlation in a strong category between academic self-concept and academic achievement. It is because the higher and lower the score of Academic Self-Concept, the higher and lower the score of Academic Achievement and vice versa.
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