Effectiveness of Self-Regulated Learning Training in order to Enhance Self-Directed Learning Skill of Acceleration Students at MTsN Malang

Objective – The acceleration class is a special education which is formed to facilitate gifted children to accelerate their study. Junior high school students who attend acceleration program need self-directed learning skills. The research is to know the effectiveness of self-regulated learning training to enhance the self-directed learning skill of acceleration junior high school students. Methodology/Technique – The approach of the research is quantitative research with pre-experimental type one-group pretest-post-test design. The subject of the research is the 16 students of 9th grade at acceleration MTsN 1 Malang. The instruments to gather data is scale and interview. To get data on knowledge and skill of training self-regulated learning, it is used test of knowledge, observation, interview, and worksheet. Findings – The result of showed that the student's self-directed learning skill is enhanced after self-regulated learning training. The knowledge and skill of self-regulated learning students also improved. The training has significant impact on the knowledge and skill on self-regulated learning that is a factor in improving self-directed learning skill of the students. As a conclusion, this research showed that self-regulated learning training proved effective in increasing self directed learning skill of acceleration students at MTsN 1 Malang. Novelty – Self regulated learning is one of the effective method to enhance self-directed learning students Type of Paper: Empirical.