Dewi Anggraeni, 0204511035 (2016) THE IMPLEMENTATION OF DEMONSTRATION STRATEGY USING MODELING VIDEOS TO IMPROVE THE SELF CONFIDENCE AND PRACTICES OF ENGINEERING STUDENTS’ IN THEIR PRESENTATION SKILLS The Case of Telecommunication Engineering Class of Semarang State Polytechnic. Masters thesis, Pascasarjana.

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Abstract

From the result of preliminary study, the researcher found that the students had problems in their presentation skills, especially related to their self-confidence and practice. The statements of the problem are (1) What problems are faced by Telecommunication Engineering students of Semarang State Polytechnic in learning presentation skills? (2) How is the implementation of demonstration strategy using modeling videos in improving engineering students’ self-confidence and practices in presentation skills? (3) How is the improvement of engineering students’ self-confidence and practices in their presentation skills when demonstration strategy using modeling videos is implemented? The objective of the study is to identify whether implementing demonstration strategy using modeling videos can improve engineering students’ self-confidence and practices in their presentation skills and to describe what happens in the classroom when this technique is applied. The research designed used in this study is Classroom Action Research, consisting of four main steps: planning, implementing, observing, and reflecting, which was conducted in three cycles. The research was conducted in Semarang State Polytechnic. The subject was TK2C class consisting of 20 students, 13 female and 7 male students. The instruments employed in this research were questionnaire, students’ presentation scoring sheet, and students observation sheet. In this research the indicators of success were: 1) minimum passing grade: 80 and 2) 80% of all students classified as active students. In general, the final result of the study had fulfilled the indicators of success. In the first cycle, the average of students’ presentation score was only 77.3, the second and third cycle were 79 and 85. The observation rubric in the third cycle also showed positive result, 94% of the students were considered active during the final cycle. It can be concluded that the implementation of demonstration strategy using modeling videos to improve engineering students’ self-confidence and practices in presentation skills was successful.

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