PEER COUNSELING MODEL FOR IMPROVING STUDENTS’ SELF-DIRECTION COMPETENCE

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to test the effectiveness of the peer counseling model for improving
students’ self-direction competence. The research aimed to describe, test and analyze the
effectiveness of the peer counseling model and employed the descriptive-analytical method
and quasi-experiments to do this. The research activities consisted of a series of model validity
tests, namely the model rationality test, the model practicability test, and the limited test. The
data collection techniques were interviews, self-direction competence inventories, observation
and documentation. The results of the research demonstrate that the peer counseling model as
an intervention program for the experimental group as a whole proved to effectively improve
students’ self-direction competence. The peer counseling model has its strengths in selfconfidence,
self-reliance, and self-control.
Keywords: effectiveness, peer-counseling model, students’s self-direction.