Student Responses to Learning Using Blended Learning Method: Study of Political Behavior Theory Subject at the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences Andalas University

Abstract

This article explains how students of the Political Science Department, FISIP, and Andalas University follow the Political Behavior Theory (TPP) course using the Blended Learning method. This study used a descriptive quantitative approach through a survey to determine student responses related to the use of the Blended Learning method in TPP courses. This study found that only 58.5 percent felt that the Blended Learning method increased their understanding of lecture materials. This response is certainly not surprising because not all students are familiar with learning using the Blended Learning method. This research found that 73.6 percent of students admit that this Blended Learning method forms their learning independence. Although not all of them are accustomed to learning independently, this Blended Learning method still needs to be combined with conventional methods to complement the Blended Learning method's shortcomings.