An Analysis of The Eight Grade Students’ Perceptions of Google Classroom Used As an Online Learning Media during the Pandemic at 65 Junior High School

fauzi rahman; siti ithriyah, m.hum;

KHAIRUNISA CAHAYANINGRUM. NIM: 1701055027. An Analysis of The Eight Grade Students’ Perceptions of Google Classroom Used As an Online Learning Media during the Pandemic at 65 Junior High School. A Paper, Jakarta: University of Muhammadiyah Prof. Dr. Hamka, 2021.
Since COVID-19 cases were increasing rapidly, many students and teachers must do teaching and learning process by online. Google Classroom had been the most used online learning media chosen by teachers and students during the pandemic. As there were rarely found Junior High School students’ perceptions in the previous journals, the researcher decided to hold the study aimed to find out the eight-grade students’ perceptions as well to get the percentage of the eight-grade students’ perceptions of Google Classroom used as an online learning media during the pandemic. This research applied mixed-method in order to answer the research questions. For collecting the data, the researcher utilized the close-ended questionnaire carrying 6 indicators about the students’ perceptions of Google Classroom which were analyzed quantitatively and used the interview analyzed qualitatively. For the participants, the researcher took 33 eight-grade students at 65 Junior High School. The first findings showed Google Classroom did help the students receive the course materials and submit tasks easily. Next, Google Classroom did make the students become more productive, discipline, responsible and independent throughout the learning process during the pandemic. Whereas the second findings declared the first and second highest percentages went to Ease of Learning Google Classroom (84.85%) and Ease of Accessing Google Classroom (83.35%), and those were grouped in excellent category, whilst Ease of Communicating and Interacting on Google Classroom (61.84%), Perceived Usefulness of Google Classroom (76.08%), Students’ Satisfaction with Google Classroom (74.28%), And Perceived Instruction Delivery on Google Classroom (66.70%) indicators were in good category.