PHYSICAL EDUCATION LEARNING MOTIVATION OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS: A GENDER PERSPECTIVE Rizki Subagja, Amung Ma^mun, Ilham Nugraha
Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia
Abstract
Student motivation is an important factor that must be considered by teachers when learning is carried out. The purpose of this study is to investigate learning motivation in physical education in elementary schools based on the perspective of student gender. The research method used is comparative descriptive. The population in this study was 6 public elementary schools in Bandung City. The sample amounted to 346 students aged 10-12 years consisting of 176 male students and 170 female students. Researchers used the situational motivation scale (SIMS) instrument in learning physical education for elementary schools, which consists of 16 questions with a validity value of 0.553 and a reliability of 0.735. The data analysis used was an independent sample t test to analyze the comparison of motivation of male and female students. The results of statistical calculations produce data Levene^s Test for Equality of Variances with a sig value. 0.784 is greater than 0.05, so it can be concluded that there are equal variances. The results of the t-test for Equality of Means data produce sig. (2-tailed) of 0.245 greater than 0.05, it can be concluded that there is the same average learning motivation. The hope of this finding is that it will become an evaluation for related parties, with the aim of building motivation and improving student learning outcomes.
