IMPROVEMENT OF STUDENTS WITH LEARNING MOTIVATION IPS USING PROBLEM SOLVINGIN CLASS VI SDN 17 TALAU DISTRICT PADANG PARIAMAN

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This study was motivated by the lack of motivation of students in the sixth grade social studies SDN 17 Talau Padang Pariaman . There are several factors that lead to low student motivation . Among them are the teachers have not been able to motivate students in learning . One way to overcome this problem is to use a method of problem solving by way of discussion . The purpose of this study is to describe the students' learning motivation IPS Class VI SDN 17 Talau by using methods of problem solving . This type of research is a classroom action research ( PTK ) conducted two cycles . This research was conducted each cycle consisting of two meetings and one final test sessions cycle . The subject of this research is the sixth grade students of SDN 17 Talau totaling 12 students . The instrument used in this study is the observation sheet student motivation , teacher observation activities , student motivation questionnaire sheet , field notes , and achievement test . Based on the survey results revealed that students' motivation in asking questions increased from 54.16 % to the first cycle of 79.16 % in the second cycle , the motivation of students in answering questions increased from 54.16 % to the first cycle of 74.99 % in the second cycle , motivation students in the task increased 70.83 % from the first cycle to 83.33 % in the second cycle , the motivation of students in observing the teacher explains the subject matter increased from 83.33 % to the first cycle of 87.49 % in the second cycle . Then the average value of daily test students first cycle is the percentage of mastery learning 61.25 33.33 % and average daily student test scores the second cycle is 73.33 while the percentage of completeness of 75% means that the target is not reached , but the increase in student motivation materialized . From the results obtained , it can be concluded that the social studies learning by using problem solving method can increase the motivation of students of class VI SDN 17 Talau Kabupaten Padang Pariaman.

 

Keywords : Motivation to learn , social studies , teaching  methods Solving problems