A DESCRIPTIVE STUDY: THE STUDENTS’ DIFFICULTIES AND LEARNING STRATEGIES USING TECHNOLOGY

Abstract

Abstract: This study was aimed to investigate the students’ difficulties and learning strategies using technology. The researcher used a qualitative approach with a descriptive qualitative design. The participants of this research were 25 students of second-year students of Muhammadiyah Mburak Junior High School. The researcher explored the students’ perception of the use of questionnaires for their difficulties, and online-based questionnaire and an online-based interview were used as the methods of collecting the data. The instruments used in this research were a questionnaire and a semi-structured interview. The questionnaire used in this research was like a scale hence the data was analyzed by using a theory derived from Sugiono (2015). After analyzing the questionnaire and interview, the data obtained by the researcher are as many as 16.7% of participants chose strongly agree (SA), and 50% of participants chose to agree (A). On the other hand, there were 29.2% of participants chose to disagree (D) and 4.2%  strongly disagree (SD). Based on the findings, some students face problems related to signal constraints when they do distance learning. To overcome this problem, teachers must convey to students that learning can be done anywhere to maintain their enthusiasm and interest in the subject.

Keywords: Students'  Difficulties, Learning Strategies, Technology