Faktor-faktor Masalah Akademik Pelajar Bumiputera Dengan Pelajar Bukan Bumiputera Di Institusi Pengajian Tinggi Awam : Kajian Kes Di Universiti Utara Malaysia

• Main Author: Mohd. Idris, Omar
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English; English
• Published: 2001
• Subjects: LC Special aspects of education
• Online Access: http://etd.uum.edu.my/345/1/Mohd._Idris_bin_Omar%2C_2001.pdf; http://etd.uum.edu.my/345/2/1.Mohd._Idris_bin_Omar%2C_2001.pdf; http://etd.uum.edu.my/345/

The objective of this study is to identify factors of academic problems among Bumiputera and non-Bumiputera students in Universiti Utara Malaysia. The independent variables are the test and general procrastination, self-efficiency and study habits. The dependent variables is academic difficulties. Altogether 228 Bumiputera and 100 non-Bumiputera students became the sample for this study. The method used to obtain data was by using questionnaires, which contained items that were based on a number of models suggested by educational psychologists specialist. This study used descriptive and inferential statistics to analyse the data, namely percentage, mean, standard deviation, t-test and correlation. The result of this study shows that test and general procrastination factors and self-efficiency are correlated with the students' academic difficulties. However, study habit is found not to be significantly correlated with academic difficulty.