Mengulik Tiga Faktor Pendukung Percepatan Penulisan Skripsi Mahasiswa

This study aims to investigate the three supporting factors to acceleration of thesis writing, namely: literacy ability, self-efficacy, and academic motivation. Based on these factors, this study also finds out the biggest contributor among the three, explore the relationship between the factors and the speed of thesis writing, and examine the significance of the difference between the three factors towards the fast student group and slow student group in writing the thesis. This study employed a descriptive quantitative approach to categories, correlations, and comparisons. The subjects were 96 thesis writing students in 3 study programs: BK, PAK (Catholic Religious Education), and PGSD JIP, FKIP USD in batch 2014, 2015, and 2016. The data collection instrument used three kinds of Likert model scales, namely: Literacy Ability Scale with Cronbach's Alpha index α 0.75; Self-Efficacy Scale (α 0.884); and Academic Motivation Scale (α 0.701). The results of the study showed that these three factors are correlated and significant in supporting the acceleration of thesis writing among students of the Department of Education FKIP USD for the 2020/2021 academic year.