. Peningkatan Motivasi Belajar Siswa Kelas IX SMP Negeri 2 Sumenep melalui Layanan Klasikal dengan Memanfaatkan Aplikasi WhatsApp (WA) di Masa Pascapandemi Covid-19. 

Increasing the Learning Motivation of Class IX Students of SMP Negeri 2 Sumenep through Classical Service by Using the WhatsApp (WA) Application in the Post-Covid-19. 

Kata-kata Kunci: Peningkatan, Motivasi Belajar, Layanan Klasikal, Aplikasi WhatsApp, Pascapandemi Covid-19.

Penelitian ini dilatarbelakangi oleh rendahnya motivasi belajar siswa pada masa pascapandemi akibat pembelajaran daring, sehingga membuat siswa malas mengikuti pembelajaran dan tidak mengerjakan tugas. Tujuan pelaksanaan penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui peningkatan motivasi belajar melalui layanan klasikal dengan memanfaatkan aplikasi WhatsApp di masa pascapandemi pada siswa kelas IX SMP Negeri 2 Sumenep.

Jenis penelitian yang digunakan adalah Penelitian Eksperiment dengan tipe one group pretest-posttest design. Setelah siswa mengerjakan pretest ia diberi treatment yang berupa layanan klasikal dengan menggunakan aplikasi WhatsApp sebanyak 4 (empat) kali dan selanjutnya ia diberi posttest sebagai dampak dari treatment (perlakuan). Subyek penelitian ini adalah siswa kelas IX sebanyak 31 orang  yang diambil dengan menggunakan teknik pengambilan sampel purposive sampling. Instrumen penelitian yang digunakan adalah angket motivasi belajar dengan skala Likert. Teknik analisis data menggunakan uji t untuk menguji perbedaan hasil prestest dan posttest.

Berdasarkan hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa data rerata posttes = 141,58, rerata pretest = 114,03 dan selisih = 27,55 . Dari data pretest dan posttest tersebut di atas ada perbedaan motivasi belajar siswa antara sebelum dan sesudah diberi layanan BK dengan memanfaatkan aplikasi WhatsApp. Berdasarkan perhitungan uji t nilai t_hitung sebesar 10,024, ternyata t_hitung = 10,024> t_tabel = 2,042. Kemudian jika dilihat dari sig. (2-tailed) diperoleh nilai 0,000 maka < 0,05 yang berarti hipotesis nihil ditolak dan menerima hipotesis alternative maka dapat disimpulkan bahwa “Terdapat peningkatan motivasi belajar siswa dengan memanfaatkan aplikasi WhatsApp di SMP Negeri 2 Sumenep”.

Keywords: Increasing, Learning Motivation, Classical Service, WhatsApp Application, the Post-Covid-19.

The reason of this research is the low learning motivation of students in the post-pandemic period due to online learning, so that it makes students lazy to take part in learning and they do not do their assignments. The purpose of conducting this research is to find out an increase in learning motivation through classical service by using the WhatsApp application in the post-pandemic period in class IX students of SMP Negeri 2 Sumenep.

The type of research used is Experimental Research with the type of one group pretest-posttest design. After the students completed the pretest, they were given treatment in the form of a classical service using the WhatsApp application 4 (four) times and then they were given a posttest as a result of the treatment. The subjects of this study were 31 students of class IX who were taken using a purposive sampling technique. The research instrument used was a learning motivation questionnaire with a Likert scale. The data analysis technique uses the t-test to test the differences between pretest and posttest results.

Based on the results of the study showed that the average posttest data = 141.58, the average pretest = 114.03 and the difference = 27.55.. From the pretest and posttest data mentioned above, there is a difference in student motivation between before and after being given BK services by utilizing the WhatsApp application. Based on the calculation of the t test, the value of tcount is 10.024, it turns out that tcount = 10.024> t-table = 2.042. Then, when viewed from sig. (2-tailed) obtained a value of 0.000, then α < 0.05 which means the null hypothesis is rejected and accepts the alternative hypothesis, so it can be concluded "There is an increase student learning motivation by using the WhatsApp application through classical service at SMP Negeri 2 Sumenep.