Analysis of Determinants of Students’ Learning Success in Senior High School as a Basic Development of Specialization Program at Junior High School

Abstract

This study aims to analyze the determinants of the success of senior high school students’ learning, which later will be used for the development of demand programs in junior high schools. The determining factors of success referred to in this study are the aspects of academic talent that is measured by using the IST (intelligent structure test) instrument. The scores of the national exam are used as indicators of the success of students’ learning in high school. The method of this study is a survey design involving eight high schools in Bandung City. The samples covered 859 students consisting of 573 of science program, 248 of social studies program, and 38 of language program. The talent scores of the language program shows good predictive power with r = 0.506 and are significant at 99% confidence level. The talent scores of sciences have a very little predictive power (r = 0.078, and not significant). The talent scores of social studies have sufficient predictive power (r = 0.335, significant at p <0.05). The implications and recommendations of this study are also discussed as the results. Keywords—school success; interest; talent; guidance and counseling