Pengaruh Bimbingan Kelompok Terhadap Kemandirian Belajar Siswa di SMPN 3 Tarakan
This study aims to investigate the influence of group guidance on students'learning independence. Learning independence refers to the self-directed attitude towards personal learning awareness and all decisions and considerations related to learning activities. The indicators of learning independence include self-confidence, responsibility, initiative, and self-control. Group guidance is one of the efforts that can be implemented by counseling teachers in schools, and it has an impact on students' learning independence. This research employs a pre-experimental approach using a one-group pretest-posttest design. The population of this study consists of 247 students. The sampling technique used is purposive sampling,resulting in a sample size of 20 students. The data analysis employed descriptive and inferential statistics, utilizing the paired samples test with SPSS version 27.0 for Windows. Based on the analysis, it is concluded that the significance value is (0.000 0.005), indicating that there is a significant influence of group guidance on students' learning independence at SMP Negeri 3Tarakan.