INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SOCIAL

SERVICE AND RESEARCH

THE UTILIZATION OF GOOGLE CLASSROOM ON STUDENTS’ SELF

REGULATED LEARNING DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC

Mardiati, Lilis Saputri, Khairina Afni, Dewi Rulia Sitepu

STKIP Budidaya, Binjai, Indonesia
Email: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected],
[email protected].

Abstract
This study aims to determine the effect of using google classroom on the learning
independence of Mathematics Education Study Program students during the Covid-19
pandemic. This study applies a quantitative method with a descriptive approach. The
research was conducted on the number of mathematics education studens as many as 124
students. The design of this research is Nonequivalent Control group design. The
instrument used is a questionnaire of self regulated learning. The results of this study
showed that there is an effect of using google classroom on student’ self regulated
learning during the Covid-19 pandemic. Therefore, it is recommended to the teachers can
provide training on the use of google classroom before learning begins.

Keywords: google classroom; online learning; self regulated learning

Received 20 Januari 2022, Revised 30 Januari 2022, Accepted 10 January 2022

Introduction
The significant challenges that hit the 2020), responded by issuing Ministerial
whole world, including Indonesia, is a severe Circular No. 4 of 2020 point 2 with a study
problem that hurts human life, especially for from home policy. Of course, with this
the Indonesian nation. The big challenge for condition, learning cannot be done face-to-
the Indonesian government is the handling of face, but knowledge can be done using online
the Covid-19 pandemic. Covid-19 is one of methods.
the deadliest viruses, and this virus has To carry out online learning, many
spread to almost all countries in the world. choices can be made for an educator in
This challenge has made the Indonesian carrying out teaching and learning activities,
government aggressively convey to the public one of which is by applying various online
to live clean. methods, namely the use of applications on
Policies are being pursued to slow laptops as a form of online learning carried
down the spread of the Covid-19 virus in the out by students of Mathematics Education.
community. One of the efforts made by the The use of software in helping computer-
Indonesian government in overcoming the based learning can also assist teachers in
problem of the Covid-19 pandemic is to delivering material that is considered difficult
enforce a physical distancing policy. To limit by students (Saputri, 2014). This, of course,
the development of the Covid-19 virus, the can make it easier for lecturers and students
government, through the Ministry of to do online learning. However, in this study,
Education and Culture (Ri, Lt, & Subroto, only a few indicators will be investigated.

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There are eight indicators of self regulated Google Classroom is an application that
learning, namely "learning initiative, having allows the creation of classrooms in
the ability to determine one's own destiny, cyberspace (Nirfayanti & Nurbaeti, 2019).
diagnosing learning needs, being creative and This method is an activity that must be
taking initiative in utilizing learning resources carried out for every Mathematics Education
and choosing learning strategies, monitoring, student in participating in lecture activities so
regulating and controlling learning, being able that the expected goals run well. In addition,
to restrain oneself, making their own Google Classroom can distribute assignments,
decisions, and able to solve problems" submit assignments, and even assess
(Lestari & Yudhanegara, 2015). submitted works (Hammi, 2017). Thus, this
Based on the results of the learning application can help students carry out the
independence questionnaire, there are learning process more deeply. This is because
indicators of student learning independence. both students can collect assignments,
The result is 12% that there are still many distribute assignments, assess projects at
students who are not yet creative and have home or anywhere without being bound by
the initiative in utilizing learning resources time limits or class hours. The use of Google
and choosing learning strategies. Apart from Classroom in lecture activities will
that, several indicators obtained that student undoubtedly have a negative or positive
learning initiative is 8%, monitoring, effect depending on the seriousness of the
regulating, and controlling learning is 6%, students following it.
and solving problems by 6%. So it can be Regarding class members in google
concluded that many students of the classroom (Hammi, 2017) explains that
Mathematics Education Study Program have google classroom uses classes available to
not shown good self regulated learning. anyone who has Google Apps for Education, a
Almost all students show that autonomy is set of free productivity tools including Gmail,
still lacking/low. documents, and drive. Class designs that
Students show that low self regulated apply Google Classroom are environmentally
learning certainly has an unfavorable impact friendly. This is because students do not use
on improving their academic abilities in paper to collect their assignments. This is in
lectures. So that the desired learning line with Herman's opinion in (Hammi, 2017),
achievement is still not appropriately fulfilled. who explained that in the google classroom,
self regulated learning is essential in the class is designed to help lecturers create
mastering intellectual skills in this era of the and submit paperless assignments, including
Covid-19 pandemic. Where now learning time-saving features such as the ability to
must be done by online or online methods. In make copies of google documents for each
this Covid-19 pandemic, the use of learning student automatically. Classes can also create
media is not only online, but students also drive folders for each project and each
carry out an self regulated learning process or student to organize things.
independent learning. Google Classroom provides an
From data from the Mathematics opportunity for educators to explore their
Education, the online learning process carried scientific ideas for students (Afrianti, 2018).
out by lecturers during the Covid-19 The use of online-based learning media can
pandemic used two applications, namely affect learning outcomes, so educators must
WhatsApp and Google Classroom. With this be careful in choosing and using media.
application, lecturers can provide or share During online learning, the teacher no
materials and assignments during the able to control by full activity study teach
learning process. The number of lecturers students. This is appropriate with result
who use Google Classroom is 13 lecturers. research (Wu, Y., Li, D., & Li, 2020) who

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explain that participant educate often do that is taught by utilizing various existing
mistakes in understanding the lesson with learning resources.
representation difference. Based on the description above, the
Independence is one aspect of a purpose of this research is to find out
person's nature. In addition to using online whether there is an effect of using google
learning media, students also carry out an classroom on the self regulated learning of
self regulated learning process or self students of the Mathematics Education during
regulated learning in this pandemic situation. the Covid-19 pandemic.
self regulated learning for students is a step
in maximizing student abilities without having Method
to depend on lecturers so that the teaching This research was conducted on
and learning process will be more optimal Mathematics Education. The type of research
(Muhammad, 2020). used is quantitative method with a descriptive
Independence or autonomy is the approach. The population in this study were
ability to control and regulate one's thoughts, all students of the Mathematics Education as
feelings, and actions freely and try to many as 124 students.
overcome feelings of shame and doubt. The questionnaire instrument about the
Learning to find their own will arouse perception of the use of google classroom
students' curiosity motivate them to continue and student learning independence is a
working until they get answers to questions questionnaire consisting of 40 statement
that arise (Sutrisno, 2011). items or questions. This questionnaire
self regulated learning is a form of instrument was conducted using a google
learning that is primarily responsible for form, where research was conducted at
planning, implementing, and evaluating its Mathematics Education by providing a link to
business (Ashadi & Suhaeb, 2020). The the object of research and filling in questions
indicators of learning independence are as or statements in the form of answer choices
follows: set by the researcher.
Table 1 The first step taken by the researcher
Indicators of Learning in compiling the questionnaire was to make a
Independence Learning Independence grid of questionnaires according to the
Indicator indicators. Before being used, the
1. Confident, questionnaire instrument was first validated
2. Initiative, by the validator. After being validated, the
3. Responsible, questionnaire can be tested on all students of
4.Setting learning targets and the Mathematics Education. The research
objectives, design used Pretest Postest control group
5. Select and implement learning design.
strategies.
Results and Discussion
Source: (Sugiyono, 2010)
Based on the normality test of the
pretets and postest using Kolmogorof-
Self regulated learning of a student is
Smirnov test showed that the data were
one of the absolute requirements that a
normally.
student must own so that the purpose of the
lecture is following the expected goals. The
independence of a student shows the
student's success in participating in learning
activities. Students must master every lesson

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Table 1 Based on the results of the study

Normality of student’s self regulated (Laviana et al., 2021) stated that there was a
learning data difference in the cumulative percentage of
Data Signifikansi Sebaran students' interest in learning mathematics
Pretest 0,20 Normal distributed
with the offline learning model, which was
Postest 0,06 Normal distributed
75.7% while the online learning model was
For homogeneity test have been done 67%.
on pretest and postest data using F-Test. The
result were homogen. After requisite test was Conclusion
fulfilled, data were analyzed using T-Test. For the conclusion, that there is an
The hypotheses tested in this effect of google classroom using on the self
hypothesis test are. regulated learning of students of the
Ha : There is a difference in the level Mathematics Education Study Program during
of self-regulated learning before and after. the pandemic". For further research, it is
H0 : There is no difference in the level recommended to examine the use of
of self-regulated learning before and after. applications found on Google to help the
Conclusions in hypothesis testing using online learning process.
the statistical test of the paired-sample t test
were carried out using a significance level of
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