The Weaknesses of Edmodo

B. Relevant Research

1. Sulihin B. Sjukur 2012 in his research The Effects of Blended learning on the Learning Motivation and Achievement Students in level SMK. This research is aimed to: 1 find out the difference in learning motivation and learning achievement of the students taught using blended learning compared to those taught using conventional learning, 2 find out the improvement in learning motivation and learning achievement of the students due to blended learning application. The research type used is quasi-experiment research. The population of this research students which comprised of 62 students. To determine a random assignment. The data collection techniques used are written test and questionnaire. The data gathered was then analyzed and tested by using the F-test and t-test parametric statistics. The results are as follows. 1 There is a difference in learning motivation of the students taught using blended learning compared to those taught using conventional learning with the sig. 0.012 with the average 4.74 and there is a difference in learning achievement of the students with the sig 0.000 with the average 13.39. 2 there is an improvement in learning motivation of the students due to blended learning application with the sig. 0.000 with the average 13.55 and there is an improvement in learning achievement of the students with the sig. 0.000 with the average 38.23. The similarity between this research to that carried out by the researchers is both use Blended learning Learning Model in researchs. The another similarity is both researcher use the written test and question form in data collection techniques. The differences of those research are on where the research were conducted and the dependent variables. In the Sulihin b. Sjukur research, the dependent variables are Learning Motivation and Learning Results. i.e. marks, while the researcher’s dependent variables are Learning Motivation and Learning Achievements. 2. Izuddin Syarif 2012 in his research entitled The Influence of Blended learning Model on Motivation and Achievement of Vocational School Students. The objective of the study is to reveal the differences of the learning motivation and achievement of the students using face-to-face learning model compared to those using blended learning model, the improvement of students’ learning motivation and achievement due to the use of blended learning model, and the interaction of the effect of learning model and motivation on students’ learning achievement in KKPI lesson. This quasi-experimental study used two groups: the experimental group who were taught using blended learning and control group who were taught using face-to-face learning. The population was 11th grade students of SMKN 1 Paringin. A sample of 57 students was divided into 2 groups, with 30 students as the control group and 27 students as the experimental group. The techniques for collecting the data were a test method by giving a written test and non-testing method by distributing a questionnaire. The results of study show that there is significant difference between the learning motivation and achievement