The Dynamics of Social Skills Among Slow Learning Students in a Junior High School Setting

Abstrak

This study aims to understand the social skills of slow learner children, including their patterns of social interaction, challenges, and factors influencing them in the junior high school environment. Phenomena indicate that slow learners experience obstacles not only in academic ability but also in social interaction. This study employed a qualitative method with a case study approach involving two slow learner subjects at the junior high school level. Data were obtained through interviews, observations, and documentation with the parents and teachers of each subject, and were then analyzed through data collection, data reduction, data display, and conclusion drawing. This study draws on Albert Bandura's social learning theory, while the analysis of social skills is based on the Gresham and Elliott framework, which covers five aspects: cooperation, assertion, responsibility, empathy, and self-control. The results show that the two subjects exhibited different social interaction patterns across each aspect, with one subject tending to be passive while the other tended to be active in social interaction. These differences were influenced by parenting style, environment, peer relationships, and device use.

Kata kunci

• interaksi sosial
• keterampilan sosial
• slow learner
• social interactions
• social skill