Perilaku Belajar Mahasiswa Akuntansi terhadap Prestasi Akademik di Perguruan Tinggi Swasta Kota Palembang

Abstract

The problems of this study were how the accounting students’ learning behavior of the private Universities in Palembang was, and whether or not there was any influence of the accounting students’ learning behavior of the private Universities in Palembang on their academic achievements. This study used descriptive analysis technique, which aimed to explain about the influence of learning behavior on the academic achievements. The variables of this study were academic achievement as the dependent variable and learning behavior as the independent variable with four indicators (habit of attending lectures, habit of reading textbooks, habit of visiting library, and habit of facing examination). The population of this study was nine private universities in Palembang with the total 4.091 students. The sample of this study was taken by using proportionate random sampling technique with the total 365 students. The total data processed was 362. The data used in this study were primary data in the form of questionnaires’ answers and secondary data in the form of students’ grade point achievement, and other supporting documents. The techniques for collecting the data were using questionnaire, interview, and documentation. Based on the analysis, it showed that all the four variables of the habit of attending lectures, the habit of reading textbooks, the habit of visiting library, and the habit of facing examination simultaneously influenced the accounting students’ grade point achievements. Partially, there were two variables which had significant influence; the habits of reading textbooks, and the habit of facing examination. Meanwhile, the habit of attending lectures and the habit of visiting library did not have influence on the accounting students’ grade point achievements. The habit of attending lectures, the habit of reading textbooks, the habit of visiting library, and the habit of facing examination gave contribution 24%, while other variables excluded in this study gave contribution 74%.