Interpretation is a process of organizing information so that it has a meaning for someone. The interpretation is influenced by some factors, for instance,
previous experiences, motivation, personality, and intelligence. 3. Interpretation and Perception
The interpretation and perception then is interpreted into someone’s act.
Hence, the process of perception is doing selection and interpretation toward the information received by sensory organs.
d. Perception and Learning
Perception and learning are interrelated. Perception is defined as the process by which someone organizes and interprets patterns of stimuli in environment.
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Then, learning is defined as relatively permanent change in behavior due to experience.
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It refers to a person experience of the world. Hence, when one perceives something through his or her environment, he or she then learns it and
somehow puts it into practice. In Psikologi Pendidikan, Wasti Soemanto states that a positive perception
will lead to happiness, on the other hand, a negative perception will lead to unhappiness.
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Those happiness and unhappiness will influence someone’s desire and action, including learners’ desire and action in learning. Because the
perceptions have important role in education, teachers have to accommodate the positive perceptions to the learners to improve the happiness which leads to the
learners’ desire and action in learning. Furthermore, the other explanations about perception and learning come
from other research. Maarten van Wesel, et.al state that the perception influences the learners learning.
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The learners ’ perception of a learning environment effects
the way learners manage to work in the environment. Additionally, the result of
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Rita L. Atkinson, et.al., Introduction to Psychology, New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1983, p. 133
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Raygor, The Science of Psychology, New York: Harcourt College Publishers, p.236
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Wasti Soemanto, Psikologi Pendidikan, Jakarta: Rineka Cipta, 2006, p.26
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Maarten van Wesel, et. al, The Influence of Portofolio Media on Student Perceptions and Learning Outcomes, at Student Mobility and ICT: Can E-LEARNING overcome barriers of
Life-Long learning?, November 19-20th 2008
research which conducted by Sunday A. Adeyomo is that the perception of classroom learning environment plays a significant role in the achievement of the
students.
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It shows that the perception of learning environment and availability of infrastructural facilities contribute to a positive learning outcome. Hence, the
learner s’ perceptions of learning environment affect the way they think which can
affect to learning outcome. The classroom learning environment refers to a setting or space where
teachers and learners interact with each other and use variety of tools and information resources with each other and use variety of tools and information
resources in their pursuit of learning activities.
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Therefore, if the students perceive their learning environment not conducive, the students’ learning may not
be effective. In other word, without positive perception, the students may have little chance of learning appropriately.
3. Comparative Adjectives
In defining comparative adjectives, the researcher defines comparative adjective as an adjective which has a function to compare two or more things to
see the difference or similarity. As stated by Cowan that comparative is the adjective which compares something to see a difference or similarity on the
dimension on which they are being compared.
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In turn, Danesi also defines that “comparison of adjectives and adverbs can be used to indicate that something or
someone has relatively equal, greater, or lesser degree of some quality or feature”.
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From the definitions, comparison is a process for comparing things, persons, or places through the level of quality, quantity to see a difference or
similarity.
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Sunday A. Adeyomo, The Effect of Teachers’ Perception and Students’ Perception of
Physics Classroom Learning Environment on Their Academic Achievement in Senior Secondary Schools Physics, in International Journal of Education Research and Technology, Vol. 2 Issue 1,
June 2011, p. 75
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Ibid.
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Ron Cowan, op.cit., p. 573
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Marcel Danesi, Basic American Grammar and Usage: An ESLEFL Handbook, New York: Barron’s Educational Series, 2006, p.71
