The Influence of Task Difficulty Level on Academic Social Loafing
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- 10.2991/978-2-494069-35-0_141How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- Task difficulty level; Social loafing; Student
- Abstract
This study aims to determine the effect of the level of task difficulty on social loafing. The research subjects were students of class XII IPA SMAN X Makassar, totaling 120 students. The method used in this research is the experimental method, research design used in this study was a quasi-experimental 2 × 2 factorial design. The results showed that: (1) Subjects with an easy task level performed better in a particular context than subjects who were given tasks in a group context (high social loafing), with a significance value of 0.0065 (p < 0.05). (2) Subjects with a problematic task level performed as well in a particular context as subjects given a task in a group context (low social loafing), with a significance value of 0.265 (p > 0.05). This study illustrates that the higher the task difficulty level, the lower the social loafing in a group. This research is helpful for teachers as input in giving assignments to students to increase student activity further when working in groups.
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TY - CONF AU - Musdalifah Ansar AU - M. Ahkam Alwi AU - Nurfitriany Fakhri AU - Muh Daud PY - 2023 DA - 2023/01/17 TI - The Influence of Task Difficulty Level on Academic Social Loafing BT - Proceedings of the Unima International Conference on Social Sciences and Humanities (UNICSSH 2022) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 1173 EP - 1182 SN - 2352-5398 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-2-494069-35-0_141 DO - 10.2991/978-2-494069-35-0_141 ID - Ansar2023 ER -