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Article Title: The Influence of Study Groups and on Time Culture to the Success of Students' Learning in Communication Department SMMTC UUM
by Noer Doddy Irmawati

Abstract:
Students learn on their own habits led to be individualism and make them to be selfish and apathetic. Knowing that, the writer felt that she has a responsibility to help the students of Communication Program, SMMTC, UUM to shape the character so that the students do not become selfish. This was done because the task of the writer is as a lecturer and an educator. Moreover, the students are asset to the nation of the next generation who are expected to increase the capacity in the era of globalization which increasingly loaded with competition. To overcome the problem the writer took the initiative to teach how to act, communicate, and work to maximum in order to succeed as a qualified, fully alert, responsive, and workmanlike full with creativity and innovation. Study Group learning that fostered and on time culture which is applied requires the cooperation of all the students who follow Public Relations course. To determine the effect of group learning habits of students and determine the influence of on time culture to the success of the learning and identify the role of on time culture to the spirit of student learning. To see if students can become active, cooperative, creative, innovative and independent after getting used to group learning and cultivate the right time. This study used an experimental method to the design created with the needs of student-based learning, active students, administration tasks, habituation to actively communicate and cooperate. Qualitative methods were used to collect data and analyze it in the form of description, the data obtained through interviews, direct observation, and observation that is done from a list of questions posed to students. Field notes are also used in this study. After going through the treatment in a study using a system of group learning and on time culture, visible change attitudes and habits of college students are more active and enthusiasm in learning. Students are smarter and smarter in the face of learning problems and answering questions. Class discussions can be run with smooth and communicative. Public Relations students in the class are more spirit, creative, and more professional. All tasks are collected on time and with a good answer which showed improved learning and reading. Students are courage to speak up and becoming qualified. They are not selfish and apathetic anymore. The application of study group and on time culture give good influence to the success of students� learning.

Keywords: individualism, inequalities, study group, on time culture, qualitative, field notes.

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