The Effectiveness of Remedial Course Program in Increasing Academic Performance: A Study of Atma Jaya Yogyakarta Undergraduate Education in Business and Economics

Budiharta, Pratiwi and Sunarni, Christina Wiwik (2019) The Effectiveness of Remedial Course Program in Increasing Academic Performance: A Study of Atma Jaya Yogyakarta Undergraduate Education in Business and Economics. Review Integrative Business & Economics Research, 8 (2). pp. 283-299. ISSN 2304-10139

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Abstract

The purpose of this study is to empirically test whether students academic performance have improved after Atma Jaya Yogyakarta University enacted a remedial course program. The university, including its Faculty of Economics, suffered problems concerning student’s relatively low grade point average (GPA) and long study period. The GPA of undergraduate students studying in the Faculty of Economics in 2011-2012 was 3.12 and the length of study for undergraduate program was 5.5 years. One of the reason that was suspected to be the cause of those problems was that students have to repeat courses several times in order to pass, and this repetition had to be done in a new semester. Begining 2012, the University enacted a program to improve students academic performance, which is an increase in course grades, by performing a short remedial course. The remedial course is done immediately after the semester ends. Students do not have to wait for a new semester to repeat courses which they did not pass. Undergraduate students in the Faculty of Economics were used as sample in the study. The sample were selected using cluster random sampling. The research is done using primary data gathered by means of questionaires and secondary data related to students’ grades. Based on the analysis using paired sample t-test it is proven that student’s grades have significantly increased after taking the remedial course. In congruent with the empirical test, questionaire results show that students felt the program was useful for them and had positive reactions towards this program. The students thought that the program was able to help them increase their grades, improve their GPA, and reduce the study period.

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