The Effects of Self-Regulated Learning and Self-Efficacy on Students’ Ability in Writing Descriptive Text

Fela Dafitri(1*), Hasbullah Hasbullah(2)

(1) Universitas Indraprasta PGRI
(2) 
(*) Corresponding Author

Abstract


The purpose of this study was to investigate 1) The effects of self-regulatedlearningandself-efficacy concurrently onthe students’ ability in writing descriptive text atPrivate Junior High Schools in the East JakartaRegion, 2) The effects of self-regulatedlearning onthe students’ability in writing descriptive text atPrivate Junior High Schools in the East JakartaRegion, 3) The effects ofself-efficacyonthe students’ ability in writing descriptive text atPrivate Junior High Schools in theEast JakartaRegion. The sample size is 60 students, using a proportional random sampling technique and a Multiple Linear Regression model. The results portrayed: 1) There is a significant effect of self-regulated learning and self-efficacy simultaneously on students ability in writing descriptive texts in English at private junior high schools in the East Jakarta area, as evidenced by a Sig score of 0.000 <0.05 and Fcount = 20,194. 2) There is a significant effect of self-regulated learning on students’ ability in writing English descriptive texts in Private Junior High Schools in the East Jakarta region, as evidenced by the score of Sig = 0.046 <0.05 and tcount = 2.042, 3) There is a significant effect of self-efficacy on students’ ability in writing descriptive texts in Private Junior High Schools in the East Jakarta region, as evidenced by the score of Sig = 0.000 <0.05 and tcount = 4.006.

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