The Ability of National Selection Students to Enter State Universities (SNMPTN) in Following the Lecture Process at the Faculty of Education, Universitas Negeri Medan

This study aims to analyze the ability of students especially work attitudes during lesson learning. The indicators used to measure work attitudes which are include accuracy, work speed, work endurance and achievement motivation. The method used is descriptive with a mixed method approach. The population of this study was all students who entered higher education through SNMPTN at Faculty of Education. The sample was determined using the Slovin formula and obtained 96 students. Data collection is collected through psychological tests. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics. The results showed that only a small proportion of students' work attitudes were in the high category (9, 4%). While most are in the medium category (66.7%) and some are in the low category (24.0). From each indicator, most of the students are in the medium category, but on the work endurance indicator, most of the students are in the low category.