THE EFFORT OF INCREASING LEARNING MOTIVATION OF EIGHTH GRADE STUDENTS IN SMP MUHAMMADIYAH 3 YOGYAKARTA WITH APPLYING GEOMETRY LEARNING BASED ON VAN HIELE THEORY

摘要

The purpose of this research is to improve students' learning motivation through the application of geometry learning based on van Hiele theory. There are five stages in the learning of geometry based on the van Hiele theory: (1) Inquiry, (2) Directed Orientation, (3) Explication, (4) Free Orientation, (5) Integration. This research used a classroom action research. The subjects were 32 students of class VIII D in SMP Muhammadiyah 3 Yogyakarta. Instruments in this research were motivation questionnaire, test item description, and observation sheet of feasibilitylearning. Analysis of the data used is descriptive analysis. The results of this research were: (1) At the end of the first and second cycle, there were 65.63% and 87,5% of students who have learning motivation (minimum) in the medium category, (2) At the end of the first and second cycle, there are 70.94% and 84,16% of students who reached a value greater than or equal to 75, (3) The average percentage of learning feasibility at the first and second cycle was 85.33% and 81.81%. Thus, this research was considered successful because it reached target of this research: At least 75% of students who have a learning motivation (minimum) in the medium category and reached a value greater than or equal to 75, and the average percentage of learning feasibility was greater than or equal to 75%.ududKeywords :learning motivation, geometry, van Hiele