Analysis of Management Class: The Role of Lecturer Professionalism, Student Learning Interest, Student Learning Motivation, and Student Procrastination toward Student Academic Achievement

Abstract

Student academic achievement becomes a benchmark for education quality. So, it requires various efforts to improve student academic achievement. Student academic achievement is formed by various factors, both internal factors (student itself) and external factors (outside). This study aims to examine how the role of internal and external factors such as lecturer professionalism, student learning interest, student learning motivation, and student procrastination on student academic achievement. Neuro-research is the method adopted in this study which is mix method research that covered exploratory research (qualitative), explanatory research, and confirmatory research (quantitative). The data collecting technique was a Likert scale questionnaire with calibration by using RASCH Model. The study population was students in a private university in Bekasi. The research sample was 96 students. The results of the first study were analyzed with confidence intervals. They showed that 1) the students rated themselves as achievers, interests, motivations and even procrastination behaviours in the medium category 2) the students assessed the professionalism of the lecturers quite high, and 3) among all variables, the student motivation contributed the most to improve student achievement marked by student's critical behaviour that likes to ask.