Effect of SIMPESA Career Application on Student Self-Efficacy in Selecting majors

This research aims to examine the effect of the use of Android-based career application on the self-efficacy of students in the selection of majors in high school. This research is a pre-experiment research on high school students in Makassar city, South Sulawesi. This research begins with development research and has been produced in previous research an Android-based career application named SIMPESA (high school student interest) that has been tested the validity and acceptance by psychologists and ICT experts and counseling counselor (counselor) to assist students in choosing majors in senior high school. The population in this research was all students of State Senior High School 5 Makassar-South Sulawesi class X. The sampling technique was using proportional random sampling involving 30 students of class X. The research design used is the use of pre-experimental design. The research instrument was using career decision making self-efficacy scale and focus group discussion. While the data analysis technique used t test. The results showed that there was a significant increase in pre-test and post-test averages in the trial group, where the post-test average score was higher than the pre-test average score. The conclusion of this research is SIMPESA android based career application have positive influence to self-efficacy students in selecting majors in senior high school

VALIDITY OF EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH AND EVALUATION IN NIGERIA

The paper examined validity of educational research and evaluation in Nigeria. Research and evaluation studies are ongoing progress that process findings needed for National development. The extent to which the findings are generally accepted for use depends on the validity of the instruments used for data collection. Valid instruments are required for research and evaluation studies. The face, content, concurrent, construct and predictive value of the instruments determine the validity of research and evaluation results. The types of research and evaluation were discussed in relation to education. The uses and problems of educational research and evaluation in Nigeria were highlighted.  Article visualizations