CORRELATION BETWEEN SELF-REGULATED LEARNING AND ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT OF CHEMISTRY EDUCATION STUDENTS OF FKIP SRIWIJAYA UNIVERSITY

Abstract

The objectives of this research are to identify the self-regulated learning, academic
achivement, the mostly used aspects of self-regulated learning, and the correlaction
between the self-regulated learning and academic achievement of chemistry education
students of FKIP Unsri. This research is acorrelational study. The sample of this
research is the 72 students of chemistry education chosen randomly. The data were
gathered by using questionnaire and documentation. The results of this research showed
that the chemistry education students had high self-regulated learning, highly satisfied
GPA and mostly used 5 out of 7 aspects of self-regulated learning. The statistical
analysis showed that there was no significant correlation between self-regulated
learning and academic achievement of chemistry education students. However, one out
of the 7 aspects of self-regulated learning—evaluting the effectiveness--correlated
significantly to the students’ academic achievement.