Academic buoyancy of science student in senior high school: analysis and implications for academic outcomes

Abstract

Academic buoyancy is a very important ability to be possessed by students in the face of the typical academic setbacks and challenges in the daily life of students at school, but in the development of academic buoyancy of students are still questionable. The purpose of this research is to find out the academic buoyancy of science students and to find out the academic buoyancy of science students based on gender and also age at high school level. This research uses mix methods approach with concurrent embedded strategy. The sample of research involves 289 students of science class XI of senior high school in Bandung City on Academic Year 2017/2018 using random sampling. The findings of the study showed that science students need to have higher academic buoyancy compared to other students, the male students of science have higher academic buoyancy than female students of science, and the science students who have higher academic buoyancy are at age of 18 and 15. These results are presented in an implication analysis for academic outcomes.