THE EFFECT OF MOBILE HOMEWORK ON STUDENTS’ LEARNING OUTCOMES, HOMEWORK QUALITY, AND PERCEPTION TOWARD MOBILE LEARNING FOR DIGESTIVE AND RESPIRATORY SYSTEM TOPICS AT SMA NEGERI IN MEDAN

The aims of this study were to investigate the effect of Mobile Homework on students’ (1) learning outcomes, (2) ability in answering questions based on Bloom’s taxonomy of cognitive domain, (3) homework scores, (4) homework quality, and to analyze (5) the correlation between leaning outcomes and average homework score, (6) the correlation between leaning outcomes and average homework quality score, (7) students’ perception on mobile learning, (8) student’ rate of homework submission, and (9) the rate of homework submission among male and female students. Three classes of students from three different public senior high schools in Medan, North Sumatera Province, Indonesia, were clustery selected and assigned with mobile homework, while other three classes of students were given with paper-based homework. Students’ learning outcomes were measured with multiple choice tests and essay test, while rating scales was used to assess students’ homework quality. Data of perception on the mobile homework were derived from questionnaire filled by the students. The data were analyzed with Quade Non-parametric ANCOVA, Mann Whitney-U test, Spearman rank correlation, and Chi-Square using SPSS and MYSTAT v.13.1 software packages. Results showed that Mobile Homework had significantly effected student’ (1) learning outcomes (F = 56.38 ; P = 0.00), (2) ability in answering C3 (Application) and C4 (Analysis-Synthesis) questions (U = 3, 130.00; P = 0.00), (3) ability in answering C5 (Evaluation) and C6 (Creation) questions (U = 3.643,00; P = 0.00), (4) homework scores (U = 1,090.00; P = 0.00), (5) homework quality (U = 3, 194.00; P = 0.00), of the experimental class compare with those who were given with paper-based homework, while (6) there was a moderate, positive correlation between homework scores and learning outcomes (rs = 0.47; P < 0.00), (7) there was a moderate, positive correlation between good homework quality and better learning outcomes (rs = 0.49; P < 0.00), (8) experimental class have equal rate of homework completion compare with those who were given with paper-based homework, in which the difference of the rate of homework submission were not significantly different, χ2 (2) = 5.23; p > 0.05, and (9) the frequency and total percentage of both experimental and control group with regards to their gender, showed that male student in general have lower complete mobile homework submission compared with female students. Students at experimental class are in general show a positive perception towards mobile learning. Thus, mobile homework with its mobile learning feature has a number of advantages over traditional paper based homework