Perbedaan Student Engagement pada Siswa SMA Boarding School dan Non-Boarding School di Kota Medan

Abstract

This study aims to determine the differences in student engagement between boarding and non-boarding senior high school students in Medan. The study is based on the differences in educational systems applied in the two school types, where boarding schools tend to have a more intensive supervision structure and learning interaction compared to non-boarding schools. Student engagement is defined as the active involvement of students in the learning process, including behavioral, cognitive, emotional, and agentic aspects.The number of respondents in this study was 215 students, consisting of 95 boarding school students and 120 non-boarding school students in Medan. This study employed a comparative quantitative approach using a convenience sampling technique. The instrument used was the Student Engagement Scale based on the theory of Fredricks et al. (2004), as adapted by Pratama & Guspa (2022).The research data were analyzed using the Independent Sample T-Test. The results showed a p-value of 0.001 with a significance level (p) < 0.05. These results indicate that there is a significant difference in the level of student engagement between boarding and non-boarding school students.