The Academic Achievement of FKIP Student’s over Riau University on Teaching Profession Interest

Abstract

The general objective of this research is to describe: a) academic achievement of students, b) the interest of students to the teaching profession, c) academic performance of male students, d) academic achievement of female students, e) interest of male students to the teaching profession f) interest of female students to the teaching profession, g) significant differences in academic achievement between male and female students, h) the significant differences in the interest of teaching profession between male and female students and i) the effect of significant differences in the interest of teaching profession to the students' academic achievement. This study uses a quantitative approach (the correlation method) and comparative analysis by making a random sampling technique. It could be concluded that: a) the academic performances of students are at the good category, b) the interests of students to the teaching profession are at very high category, c) academic performances of male students are at the good category, d) academic achievements of female students are at the good category, e) interests of male students to the teaching profession are at very high category, f) interests of female students to the teaching profession are at very high category, g) there are significant differences in academic achievement between male and female students, h) there are significant differences in the interest of the teaching profession between male and female students, and i) there is a clear effect of the interest of teaching profession on student academic achievement.