Wednesday, May 22, 2013

Faculty Support and Students' Achievement


I conducted the study about Faculty Support and Students' Achievement in Nusa Utara State Polytechnic, Tahuna, Indonesia. 
This is the abstract of my study.

Abstract

            The study aimed to determine the extent of faculty support and its relationship to the students’ achievements and stress levels. The descriptive-correlational research design was used in this research. The participants for this study were all the 3rd year diploma III nursing students in Nusa Utara State Polytechnic located in Tahuna, North Sulawesi Province, Indonesia. For the extent of faculty support, students received high support from them in the terms of psychological support, and high support from the faculty in terms of functional support. Over all, students received high support from the faculty. Students in this study perceived high level of achievement in terms of knowledge and skills, and very high level of achievement in terms of attitude. Over all, students performed high level of achievement. In this study of the nursing program, students experienced high level of stress in the academic, moderate level of stress in the clinical, and moderate level of stress in their personal lives. Furthermore, the study revealed that there is a significant relationship between faculty support and students achievement; there is no significant relationship between faculty support and student nurses stress; and there is no significant relationship between students’ achievement and student nurses stress. The result of this study showed that the support received by the students from the faculty is a significant intervention which can improve the students’ achievement.