The Correlation Between Education Background and Student’s Grade Point Average (GPA) In Special Education Department Faculty of Education (FIP) Universitas Negeri Makasar (UNM)

Students of Special Education Department FIP UNM come from varied educational backgrounds and also have the various Grade Point Average (GPA). So that the aim of this research are : 1) How is the description of the educational background of students from the Special Education Department FIP UNM ? 2) How is the description of Grade Point Average (GPA) students of Special Education Department FIP UNM? 3) ls there any significant correlation between educational background in high school and Grade Point Average (GPA) of students in Special Education Department FIP UNM? This research uses a quantitative approach through correlation test. The study population was a student in Special Education Students, while the sample is the students from class of 2014 and 2015. The data collection used documentation on SIMPADU. The results that: 1) The educational background of the students of Special Education Department FIP UNM dominated by Science Major from senior high school. 2) GPA level of level of the students of Special Education Department FIP UNM is at the high category. 3) Educational background is one of the factor that correlated with GPA of the students of Special Education Department FIP UNM. This correlation is possible because the educational background that dominant is science majors which inextricably linked with some of the subjects taught in the Special Education Department. So that finding of this study is tif a student has the educational background that corresponds to his chosen field in college, then chances of high GPA will be easy. These findings also reinforce previous findings, although with different content

Proceedings /5th International Symposium on Industrial Engineering – SIE2012, June 14-15, 2012., Belgrade

editors Dragan D. Milanović, Vesna Spasojević-Brkić, Mirjana Misit

Proceedings /5th International Symposium on Industrial Engineering – SIE2012, June 14-15, 2012., Belgrade

editors Dragan D. Milanović, Vesna Spasojević-Brkić, Mirjana Misit