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Exploring Factors Influencing Student's Learning Difficulties During Pandemic in Indonesia: A Structural Equation Modelling

Ocih Setiasih , Nandi , Rusman , Wawan Setiawardani , Eri Yusron

The pandemic era has caused changes in the learning system. The situation demanded online learning and triggered students to have learning difficultie.

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The pandemic era has caused changes in the learning system. The situation demanded online learning and triggered students to have learning difficulties. The research aims to examine the impact of social media, social environment, and student learning potential on student learning difficulties. This study utilizes a quantitative approach. The respondents were university students experiencing online learning in West Java, Indonesia. A questionnaire validated by four experts was distributed to 539 of them. Accommodating structural equation modeling (SEM) by evaluating the measurement and structural models was used in data analysis. This study revealed that the instrument had good construct validity and reliability. A good instrument will produce a good measurement process so that the instrument can get the data needed. Hypothesis testing shows that high media activity can inhibit students from learning. However, social media activity directly influences learning difficulties. Meanwhile, the variables of learning potential and social environment positively influence student learning difficulties directly or indirectly. There are a few things to note on learning potential, social environment, and social media to delve into their influences on students' learning difficulties.

Keywords: Learning difficulty, learning potential, social environment, social media activity, structural equation modeling.

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