Freshmen students in the college are vulnerable to experiencing confusion in studying at college. If they failed to adapt in learning, it will affect their learning outcome in college. Life and study skills as one of self-regulated learning strategy is an alternative intervention that can help new college students adapt with new situations. “ORACLE (Orientation, Regeneration, Active, and Learning)” program used in this study was a form of intervention to improve student’s self-adjustment and smooth the transition period from high school to college which developed based on the concept of Self-Regulated Learning (SRL), specifically in life and study skills training and basic resilience therapy. Participants involved in the study were 90 freshmen students’ class of 2024. The study was quantitative research which used quasi experiment model and the one group pretest-posttest design. ORACLE Program was conducted for six weeks, involving 12 sessions within 6 days of meeting with duration of 120-150 minutes per meeting. Result of quantitative analysis showed that ORACLE Program could improve self-adjustment level of freshmen students which was shown by p = 0,023 (p<0,05). These results indicated that ORACLE Program is suitable to be developed to improve freshmen student’s self-adjustment in the college.

Authors:
Diah Rahayu, Mulawarman University, Indonesia
Rina Rifayanti, Mulawarman University, Indonesia
Miranti Rasyid, Mulawarman University, Indonesia
Nur Fithriyah Wahyuni, Mulawarman University, Indonesia

About the Presenter(s)
Dr. Diah Rahayu is an Associate Professor at Department of Psychology, Mulawarman University, Indonesia. Dr. Diah research focused on mental health in educational settings, such as posttraumatic growth and academic resilience for college students.

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