KATEGORI PERTANYAAN PADA UJIAN TUGAS AKHIR SKRIPSI

Abstract

Upaya peningkatan kualitas suatu program perlu dukungan data tingkat capaian secara periodik melalui evaluasi. Evaluasi diperlukan agar kualitas proses dan hasil dapat ditingkatkan. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mendeskripsikan pelaksanaan ujian Tugas Akhir Skripsi dan mengkategorisasikan pertanyaan-pertanyaan dalam tes lisan. Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian survei. Subjek penelitian adalah mahasiswa Jurusan Pendidikan Bahasa Prancis, Fakultas Bahasa dan Seni, Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta, yang menempuh ujian pada lima tahun terakhir (2012 – 2017). Teknik pengumpulan data menggunakan dokumentasi dan angket. Data dianalisis menggunakan teknik deskriptif kuantitatif dan kualitatif. Hasil penelitan sebagai berikut. Pertama, ujian lisan yang dilaksanakan selama 60-90 menit dengan tiga anggota tim penguji terbagi dalam tiga bidang kajian skripsi, yaitu: (1) inguistik, (2) sastra, dan (3) pengajaran. Kedua, pertanyaan-pertanyaan terpetakan dalam lima kategori dan 14 sub-kategori, yaitu pertanyaan: (1) terbuka-tertutup, (2) teknis-substantif, (3) berdasar tingkat kognitif (mengingat, memahami, menerapkan, menganalisis, mengevaluasi, dan mencipta), (4) klarifikasi-pendalaman-perluasan, dan (5) di luar naskah skripsi. Kata kunci: tes lisan, skripsi, kategori pertanyaan CATEGORIES OF QUESTIONS IN THE UNDERGRADUATE THESIS EXAMINATION Abstract Efforts to improve the quality of a program need to be supported by data on the periodic achievement levels through evaluation. Evaluation is necessary to improve the quality of the process and outcomes. This study aims to describe undergraduate thesis examinations and to categorize examination questions. This was a survey study. The subjects were students of the French Language Department, Faculty of Languages of Arts, Yogyakarta State University, sitting for the examinations in the last five years (2012-2017). The data were collected using documentation and questionnaires. They were analyzed by means of quantitative and qualitative descriptive techniques. The findings are as follows. First, an undergraduate thesis examination is conducted for 60-90 minutes with three examiners and there are three fields of study, namely: (1) linguistics, (2) literature, and (3) teaching. Second, questions are classified into five categories and 14 sub-categories, namely: (1) open and closed ended; (2) technical and substantive; (3) cognitive-level-based (remembering, understanding, implementing, analyzing, evaluating, and creating); (4) clarifying, probing, and extending; and (5) out-of-script questions. Keywords: examination, undergraduate thesis, categories of questions