Affective Characteristics Analysis: a Comparative Study between Elementary School of Indonesia and Thailand

Indonesia and Thailand have many similarities in the education system, but the learning outcome is much different. The purpose of this study is to measure the affective domain of student in both countries. Comparing the similarity and differences of both countries would figure out the certain education policy for better understanding on education system improvements. This research combines qualitative and quantitative research methods using ex-post facto approach. The result shows there was significance different on self-esteem, interest, and belief. Indonesia got the higher score than Thailand for self-esteem and interest aspect. On the contrary, Thailand got the higher score for belief aspect than Indonesia. Both, Indonesia and Thailand got no significantly different for attitude. In total, there is no significant difference between both countries on affective characteristics. Three factors considered gave effect to effective characteristics profile in both countries namely learning strategy, ICT use, and teacher and student interaction