Permasalahan Yang Mempengaruhi Pembelajaran dan Pencapaian Akademik Pelajar Bumiputra (Tingkatan 4) di Sekolah Menengah Teknik di Johor Bahru

Abstract

The objective of this research is to determine the factors that influenced academic achievements among bumiputra students in four technical schools in Johor Bahru. This research was conducted in Sekolah Menengah Teknik Johor Bahru, Sekolah Menengah Teknik Perdagangan dan Sekolah Menengah Teknik Tanjong Puteri. This research has utilized questionnaires as research instrument involving 150 respondents. The sampling method used in this research is purposive not random. A pilot study was carried out to determine the internal consistency of the questionnaire involving 30 respondents of Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Taman Universiti, resulting to an alpha cronbach value of 0.87. All the accumulated data was processed using SPSS (Statistical Package for the Social Sciences) software. The Pearson Colleration and T-test was used to test the research questions. The results show that discipline is the main dominants influence of academic achievements among the students. This is followed by peers and family problems. The research found that all factor shows no significant relation with academic achievement except for discipline problem. The research also found that the level of students academic achievement is low. This research found that there is no significant difference between peers, discipline and family problem towards gender and parents academic level. Keywords: Discipline problem, peer, family, academic achievement