MENGENAI INTERNET SEBAGAI SALAH SATU SUMBER REFERENSI DALAM PENYUSUNAN KARYA TULIS ILMIAH

Abstract

Abstract: A Study on Teachers’ Knowledge of the Internet as a Reference Source
for Scientific Papers. This study aims to investigate the prior knowledge of the
teachers of SMPN 3 Tabanan, Tabanan Regency, concerning the internet as one of
the reference sources for scientific papers and to analyze the effectiveness of training
in the improvement of their knowledge of ways to search references through the
internet. This study was a pre-experimental study employing the pretest and
posttest group design. The data were collected using a pretest and a posttest.
Training was conducted on ways to search references for scientific papers,
employing presentation and demonstration. The research hypothesis was tested
using a paired sample t-test. The results of the analysis show a t-test value of –14.258
(p < .01), indicating that the training is effective to improve the participants’
knowledge of ways to search references for scientific papers through the internet.
Keywords: teacher’s knowledge, the internet, reference sources