independence. It was provem by the fact that there were still wtudents who were overdue to submit or even had not submitted their assignments.
Students could use their Smart Phone to browse the materials they would learn. However, most students didn’t do this. They tended to to be noisy in the
classroom since they still had not understood what they had learned. They should utilize the Internet facilities in their Smart Phone as the learning source
as the supplement to their textbook. They could make use of the Internet to browse the materials they couldn’t find in the textbook but unfortunately they
didn’t. By means of utilizing the Internet they should be able to improve their learning independence instead of browsing social media.
From the above illustration, the use of the Internet as a means of being learning source, improving students’ self-confidence and independece in terms
of learning was still low. Therefore, the researcher decided to conduct the study entitled
“The Effectiveness of Internet Media As Learning Source To Improve Self Confidence and Learning Independence of Students Class XI
Social MAN 3 Yogyakarta in Academic Year 20152016 ”.
B. Identification of the Problem
Based on the background of the problem, the problems could be identified as follows.
1. Students’ self-confidence in learning process was low which was proven by
students’ hesitation to answer teacher’s question.
2. Students’ learning independence in learning process was still low which was
proven by the fact that there were still students who was overdue to submit and even had not submitted their assignments.
3. The teaching and learning process in the school still relied heavily on the textbooks available in the school.
4. The use of the Internet as the learning source was still low rather than the use of the Internet as a meand of browsing social media.
C. Limitation of the Problem
Due to the scope of study which was broad, it was necessary to limit the problems as follows.
1. The subject of study was students grade XI Social in MAN 3 Yogyakarta in the academic year 20152016.
2. This study was focused on the Internet medium as the learning source. 3. This study was conducted by employing controlled class, namely by means
of delivering the learning materials to the students without using the Internet facility.
4. This study was conducted by employing experimental class by means of delivering materials to the students thorugh using the Internet facility.
D. Formulation of the Problem
Based on the background of the problem, several problems could be formulated as follows.
1. Is there any differences in terms of self-confidence between students not using the Internet media and those using the Internet medium as the learning
source? 2. Is there any differences in terms of learning independence between students
not using the Internet media and those using the Internet medium as the learning source?
E. Objective of the Study
The objectives of the study that intended to achieve were. 1. To find out whether there was any differences or not in terms of self-
confidence between students not using the Internet media and those using the Internet media as the learning source.
2. To find out whether there was any differences or not in terms of learning independence between students not using the Internet media and those using
the Internet media as the learning source.
F. Significance of the Study