HUBUNGAN MOTIVASI BELAJAR SISWA DENGAN EFEKTIVITAS PEMBELAJARAN PJOK DI SMP NEGERI NGANJUK 

THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN STUDENTS’ LEARNING MOTIVATION AND THE EFFECTIVENESS OF PE LEARNING AT SMP NEGERI 7 NGANJUK 

Penelitian bertujuan guna melihat hubungan motivasi belajar siswa dengan efektivitas pembelajaran PJOK di SMP Negeri 7 Nganjuk. Motivasi belajar dipandang sebagai faktor psikologis penting yang mendorong keterlibatan, ketekunan, dan keberlanjutan partisipasi siswa dalam proses pembelajaran PJOK. Penelitian menggunakan pendekatan kuantitatif dengan desain korelasional. Populasi penelitian ialah siswa SMP Negeri 7 Nganjuk yang berjumlah 857 siswa, dengan sampel sebanyak 92 siswa yang ditentukan melalui teknik accidental sampling. Instrumen penelitian berupa kuesioner motivasi belajar serta efektivitas pembelajaran PJOK diadaptasi dari penelitian terdahulu dan telah dinyatakan valid serta reliabel. Pengolahan data dijalankan secara deskriptif serta inferensial dengan uji Spearman Rank Correlation karena salah satu variabel tidak berdistribusi normal. Hasil penelitian mengindikasikan adanya korelasi positif serta signifikan dari motivasi belajar siswa dengan efektivitas pembelajaran PJOK dengan koefisien korelasi 0,432 serta nilai sig. 0,00. Temuan ini menunjukkan bahwa peningkatan motivasi belajar siswa diikuti oleh meningkatnya efektivitas pembelajaran PJOK. Hasil penelitian ini menegaskan pentingnya pengembangan strategi pembelajaran yang mampu meningkatkan motivasi belajar guna mendukung efektivitas pembelajaran PJOK di tingkat sekolah menengah pertama. 

The study aims to examine the relationship between students’ learning motivation and the effectiveness of PE learning at SMP Negeri 7 Nganjuk. Learning motivation is viewed as an important psychological factor that encourages students’ engagement, persistence, and sustained participation in the PJOK learning process. This study employed a quantitative approach with a correlational design. The research population consisted of 857 students of SMP Negeri 7 Nganjuk, with a sample of 92 students determined through accidental sampling techniques. The research instruments were questionnaires measuring learning motivation and PE learning effectiveness, which were adapted from previous studies and had been confirmed to be valid and reliable. Data analysis was conducted using descriptive and inferential statistics with the Spearman Rank Correlation test, as one of the variables was not normally distributed. The results indicate a positive and significant correlation between students’ learning motivation and the effectiveness of PE learning, with a correlation coefficient of 0.432 and a significance value of 0.00. These findings suggest that increases in students’ learning motivation are accompanied by improvements in the effectiveness of PJOK learning. The results emphasize the importance of developing instructional strategies that enhance learning motivation to support the effectiveness of PE learning at the junior high school level.