Personal Meaning Approach: Alternative for Increasing Students' Interest in Learning

Abstract

This study aims to see the effect of teaching methods with personal meaning and traditional learning methods to increase students' interest in learning physical education at school. The experimental group had 63 participants (aged 15-17 years), while the control group had 63 samples (mean age 15-18 years). The results of research conducted using personal and conventional meaning as physical education learning methods are both ineffective in increasing students' interest in learning; in addition, the two methods have no significant (significant) difference in effectiveness between the use of personal meaning and conventional methods. This can also be seen with the calculation of the Independent Samples Test 0.739 > 0.05. If you look at the analysis results, the average NGain score for the experimental class (personal meaning) is 9.8903 or 9.8%, which is included in the less effective category. Meanwhile, the average N-Gain score for the control class (conventional) is 10.1448, or 10% is included in the less effective category. Then the researcher suggested conducting a further study with a more extended period to find out the effect of the personal meaning method in increasing students' interest in learning physical education.