Student’s Participation in Class: Between Proximity, Teaching Method, and Communication Intensity

Abstract

Interpersonal communication defines as the communication applied directly from sender to receiver. In this case, communication that conducted by the teachers to their students has the purpose to build the students motivation to learn and participate actively in the class activities. The purpose of the research is to analyze the effect of proximity variabel between the teachers and students, teaching method through communication intensity applied between teachers and students toward the active participation of students in classroom. The data gathered through cluster random sampling technical with 222 samples from primary school students grade 4 and 5 in Sekolah Bunda Mulia Bilingual Class programme in Central of Jakarta. The analytical method applied by using path analysis from SPSS 20. The result showed that proximity between teachers and students, teachers’ teaching method through the intensity of communication do give effect to the participation of students in the class.