The Correlation Between Academic Supervision by School Supervisors and Principals with the Ability of Biology Teachers to Design HOTS Items

Abstract

This study aims to analyze the correlation of academic supervision carried out by school supervisors and principals on the ability of biology teachers to design HOTS items. The research method is a survey method with corrective techniques. In this study, the data collection technique was carried out by distributing instruments that had been tested for their validity and reliability beforehand, while the sample of this study was carried out to a number of teachers who were members of the Senior High School Biology Subject Teacher Conference in South Tangerang City. Data analysis techniques obtained through analysis of normality test, data quality test (validity and reliability), regression assumption test, linearity test, and coefficient of determination. The results of the study based on the significant test obtained the correlation coefficient of the academic supervision variable by the supervisor (X1) and the teacher's ability to design HOTS items (Y) of 0.091 which was significant at 0.632. Furthermore, the correlation coefficient of the variable of academic supervision by the principal (X2) and the teacher's ability to compose HOTS items (Y) is 0.021 which is significant at 0.912, and the correlation coefficient between the variable of academic supervision by the principal (X2) and the variable teacher's ability to design HOTS items (Y) is 0.021 which is significant at 0.912. Therefore, based on the closeness of the relationship between the dependent variable and the independent variable is weak category because r < 0.5. This shows that in this study the ability of a biology teacher to design HOTS Items was not influenced by academic supervision carried out the supervisor or the principal (1%), but by other variables (99%).