PEMILIHAN KOMPETENSI KEAHLIAN, TINGKAT PEMAHAMAN VOKASIONAL, DAN PRESTASI BELAJAR SISWA SMK KOMPETENSI KEAHLIAN TEKNIK BANGUNAN

The Selection of Expertise Competencies, Level of Vocational Understand­ing, and Student Achievement at Vocational High School of Skills Competency of Building Engineering. The purposes of this study include (1) investigating factors that influence students to select building engineering competency, and (2) differences in factors that influence on choosing vocational competency skills and level of vocational under­standing on student achievement. The research design is an ex-post facto with 174 samples of vocational high school students in Tulungagung. Data is analyzed by using a descriptive and mean difference test. The results show that (1) the factor which mostly affect the selection of expertise is hobby (41.06%), (2) there is no significant difference between the selection factors of competency skills on student achievement, and (3) there are significant differences in the students’ level of voca­tional understanding on student achievement. Tujuan penelitian ini antara lain (1) mengetahui faktor yang mempengaruhi siswa dalam pemilihan kompetensi keahlian teknik bangunan, dan (2) perbedaan faktor pemilihan kompetensi keahlian dan tingkat pemahaman vokasional terhadap prestasi belajar siswa. Rancangan penelitian adalah expost facto dengan sampel 174 siswa SMK di Tulungagung. Data dianalisis menggunakan deskriptif dan uji beda rerata. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa (1) faktor terbesar (41,06%) yang mempengaruhi pemilihan keahlian adalah hobi, (2) tidak ada perbedaan yang signifikan diantara faktor pemilihan kompetensi keahlian terhadap prestasi siswa, dan (3) ada perbedaan yang signifikan tingkat pemahaman vokasional siswa terhadap prestasi belajar siswa