Application of Game-Based Learning to Increase Interest and Motivation to Learn Physics in High School Students

Abstract

Education is the most important key in the implementation of learning that is carried out in an organized and planned manner. In education, students' interest and motivation play an important role in improving student learning outcomes. The results of research and experiments conducted by experts show that the play model in learning is one of the models that can be used effectively in learning. In this era of development in the 21st century, there is a lot of learning using educational games, where games also offer positive potential to students, this positive effect is also important for students' cognitive development, interest and motivation. This study aims todetermine the increase in students' interest and motivation to learn physics. The subjects of this study are students in grade X of SMA Negeri 1 Sayur Matinggi and the object of this research is the application of game-based learning to increase students' interest and motivation, research instruments in the form of questionnaires and questionnaire difficulty analysis techniques which are tested through reliability tests and validity tests. The results of the study showed that based on a simple linear regression test obtained of 0.042<0.05, there was a relationship between variable X and variable Y, and  the student's pretest score before treatment was 65.16 while  the student's posttest  score after being given treatment (game-based learning) was 74.16. It can be concluded from this study that the interest and motivation of students of SMA Madrasah MAS Babussalam class X increased after implementing game-based learning