KEMAMPUAN EKSAKTA MAHASISWA FAKULTAS ILMU TARBIYAH DAN KEGURUAN

Abstract

The students’ achievement are influenced by internal and external factors. The aim of this research was to determine the factors that affect the students’ exact capability at The Faculty Tarbiyah and Teaching, IAIN, STS Jambi. The data were obtained from the questionnaire and documentation of student achievement in basic mathematics, general biology, basic chemistry and physics from 194 students of 2012 registration. The questionnaire consisted of two quantitative variables and 16 qualitative variables. The qualitatif variables were transformed into quantitative using dummy variables and analyzed with regression dummy. The analysis shows three factors that significantly affect the students’ exact capability, i.e marriage status, majoring in secondary schools, and the choice of majors in the university. Further analysis shows, the students with married status have an odds ratio of 2,15 times of the students who have not married in obtaining the score under the average; the students from major IPA have an odds ratio 3,33 times of non IPA students. The students who chose the present majors as the first option have an odds ratio 0,75 times of students who chose other majors in obtaining exact scores under the average. Therefore, to improve the ability of the exact students of mathematics, physics and biology, should science majors should become a rquirement in selecting prospective students.