STUDENTS' ENGAGEMENT DURING ONLINE CLASS ACTIVITY AT GRADE 10 MA MUHAMMADIYAH 1 MALANG

This study aimed to determine students’ engagement during online learning class activities. Students’ engagement is how their attitude towards the particular aspect of the condition. Online learning might be affecting students’ engagement during the class. In a short time, all the learning processes were forced to immigrate to a static learning ambiance. This case might have an effect towards students’ engagement. Hence, this study aimed to investigate students’ engagement during online learning class activities. Furthermore, this study was conducted to discover (1) how students’ engagement during the online class activity at grade tenth Ma Muhammadiyah 1 Malang, (2) the highest and lowest aspect of students’ engagement during the online class activity. Descriptive qualitative was used as the research design in this study. The data were measured from three indicators of students’ engagement: cognitive, emotional, and behavioral, using two research instruments: a closed-ended questionnaire with Likert scale type and non-participant observation using field note technique. Indeed, this study revealed that students’ engagement was all excellent at behavioral indicators, was low at all cognitive indicators, and was in between at emotional indicators. This study also revealed that the highest aspect of students’ engagement during the online class activity was located in students’ Responsibility aspect in which gain 80,5% of students were responsible for being on-time attend the online class, in contrast, the lowest were found in students’ Previewing Knowledge aspect with just 11,1% of students showing their positivity in previewing the latest or previous materials