Analysis of Scientific Writing Ability of Elementary Level Students in Higher Education

Abstract

Elementary semester students taking Indonesian General Course (MKU) lectures need to be analyzed for their ability to write scientific papers.students Non really need support and skilled training in writing scientific papers, so there is a need for strengthening in their ability to write scientific papers. The research was conducted using a qualitative descriptive method. Sources of data in the study were students of the S1 Accounting Study Program, Al-Azhar University, Indonesia in the first semester. The data is the result of student work, namely article writing. Data collection techniques in research in the form of tests. The data analysis technique used is the Miles and Huberman model. The steps are, data reduction, data presentation, and drawing conclusions. The data validity technique used is triangulation. The results of the first research, the ability to write systematic scientific articles. A total of 17 groups or 85% are categorized as good or can write scientific systematics in the form of articles. The rest, 3 groups or 15% are categorized as needing guidance. Second, the ability of students to write the contents of scientific works in the form of articles. The contents of the title, author's name, abstract, research method, and student bibliography are categorized as good because more than 75% can write. The rest, in preliminary writing, research results, discussions, conclusions and suggestions, students are categorized as needing guidance because only 25% can write well. Third, the ability to use Indonesian spelling. Several errors were found, which need to be considered, namely errors in capital letters, italics, periods, commas, and standard words. This error is due to the lack of students reading scientific papers, so that the knowledge of the use of Indonesian spelling is still relatively lacking