Contents and proportions of assignments in primary, secondary, vocational, and higher education

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Sutrisno, Antelas Eka Winahyo, Ahmad Dardiri

2019 International Journal of Innovation, Creativity and Change Vol. 8 Issue 1 Article Cited by 0 Quartile

Abstract

This study aimed to determine the content and proportion of assignments at the elementary, secondary, vocational, and higher education levels. The research samples were 53 educational experts from UM, UNESA, UNNES, and UNY Indonesia. This research collected the data using a questionnaire and analysed them using descriptive statistics and Chi-square. The results showed that (1) the content of the assignments at the elementary level was repetitive, at junior high was variation, at high school and vocational school were product planning, at bachelor degree was analysis and inference, at master degree was development, and a doctoral degree was discovery and publication; (2) the proportion of assignment to exam in elementary school was 27% to 73%, in junior high was 37.25% to 62.75%, in high school was 45% to 55%, in vocational school was 62.30% to 37.70%, in bachelor's degree was 54.20% to 45.80%, in master's degree was 65.00% to 35.00%, and in doctoral degree was 76.00% to 24.00%; (3) the higher the level of education, the greater the assessment in the form of assignments were; and (4) assessment in vocational school was based more on assignments. © Primrose Hall Publishing Group.

Affiliations

Civil Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, State University of Malang, Malang, Indonesia