differences in the level of self-esteem in science class and social class students of sma negeri 1 taman sidoarjo in terms of gender

This research aims to test methodologically and empirically whether or not there are differences in the level of self-esteem in science class and socialclass students in term of gender. the research variables consist of: (a) the level of self-esteem, (b) class status, and (c) gender measured using a modified likert scale and using a level of self-esteem scale. this research is a type of quantitative research. the population was teenagers who attended sma negeri 1 taman sidoarjo and aged between 15-17 years. the research sampling obtained 80 samples including 40 samples from science class consisting of 20 males and 20 females and the other 40 samples from social class consisting of 20 males and 20 females. data analysis of the research applies the two-way anova technique. anova test, using computer program assistance (spss 19.0 for windows), was used to test two or more variables and to find out whether or not the two variances are the same. after conducting the difference test using the two-way anova technique with the help of spss 19.0 for windows, the basis for decision making is if the significance value is p> 0.05 then h0 is accepted and vice versa if the significance value is p <0.05 then h0 is rejected. the difference test results show that scienceclass and social class students in term of gender.