The Role of Self-Regulation in Finishing Final Task of Vocational Higher Education Student

摘要

This study aims to elaborate the self-regulation of the student in applying final task. This study also describes the relationship between the dimensions of motivation (M) among final task (FT) of VHE students in Makassar as well as the relationship between the dimensions of epistemological beliefs (EB) among final task (FT) of VHE students in Makassar. Also, this study explains self-regulation in predict applied final task of VHE student in Makassar. This study is a survey research. The research was taken on September to December 2016 in Makassar city. The subjects were the students of vocational higher education of Faculty of Engineering, Universitas Negeri Makassar. The samples were taken using random cluster sampling as many as 70 students, from 6 study program. The data collected using questionnaires and structured interviews. This study found that the dimensions of self-regulation in the aspect of motivation do not significantly affect the final task completion. The aspects of epistemological beliefs have a significant positive relationship to the conclusion of the final task. So that, the study has implicated for the improvement of academic supervisor's role in encouraging students to motivate them in completing the final task as well as the possible and expected duration of the study that can achieve the target of 3 years.