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Students Learning Interest in WhatsApp Based Online Learning in Science Subject During Covid-19 Pandemic in Class Vi MTs Al-Hidayah Tosiba .
Journal of Biological Science and Education, 5.
, 10-18.
Abstract Online learning was carried out during the Covid 19 pandemic.
During online learning, many students were less active.
This research aims to find out how interested students are in WhatsApp-based online learning in science subjects.
The type of research used is quantitative descriptive research.
The number of samples used in this research was 42 class Vi students at MTs Al-Hidayah Tosiba taken using a purposive sampling technique.
The instrument used in this research was a questionnaire with a total of 20 statement items.
Student interest in learning can be seen from 4 indicators, namely: feelings of happiness, student interest, student attention and student involvement.
The results of this research show that the indicator of feelings of happiness is 54.
76% in the "moderate" category.
The interest indicator is 45.
24% in the "very low" category.
The attention indicator is 35.
71% in the "high" category.
The engagement indicator is 45.
24% in the "high" category.
Overall, the average of the questionnaire data obtained was 53.
85 with the highest percentage of 33.
being in the "medium" category.
Based on the results of this analysis, it can be concluded that students' interest in learning in WhatsApp-based online learning is moderate.
Keywords: Interest in Learning.
Science.
Online Learning Introduction The development of science and technology in the 21st century is very rapid, everything can be regulated using technology.
The beneficial effect of the development of science and technology in the world of education is that it makes it easier for students to access learning.
The use of the internet in education has an influence that requires everyone to improve their quality so that they can compete in the 21st century.
In the 21st century, the role of education is JBSE/5.
June 2023 becoming increasingly important in preparing the next generation who have learning and innovation skills, skills in using technology and information media, and can work and survive by using life skills ( Mayasari et al.
, 2.
Generally, learning activities are carried out directly in a classroom, where educators and students interact directly.
However, since the Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-.
pandemic occurred, precisely on March 2 2020, the first case of Covid-19 was detected in Indonesia.
This has had an impact on the learning process at school which was initially transferred from face-toface to online learning (Ministry of Health of the Republic of Indonesia, 2.
Based on the results of observations/interviews with Mr Salamuddin as a science subject teacher at Madrasah Tsanawiyah Al-Hidayah Tosiba.
The results of interviews conducted by researchers show that MTs Al-Hidayah Tosiba has been implementing online learning since the issuance of a circular letter from the Minister of Education and Culture of the Republic of Indonesia No.
3 of 2020 which requires carrying out distance learning.
By using the K13 One of the applications used by teachers at MTs Al-Hidayah Tosiba is WhatsApp In the WhatsApp application, teachers use the group chat feature.
So that learning continues to take place.
However, several studies show that online learning has an impact on students' interest in learning during Covid-19.
According to research by Yunitasari & Hanifah .
, students become easily bored when the online learning process takes place.
Learning is less interesting, unlike learning in class.
Based on the results of the observations obtained, the researcher will conduct research on MTs Al-Hidayah Tosiba students with the title "Students' Interest in Learning in WhatsappBased Online Learning in Science Subjects During the Covid-19 Pandemic in Class Vi MTs AlHidayah TosibaAy.
Literature Review Online Learning Learning comes from the word "learn" which is added with the words "pem" and "an".
Learning is an individual who is in the process of making a change in behaviour holistically as a result of the experience gained in interacting with the surrounding environment.
Changes in behaviour towards learning outcomes are continuous, functional, positive, active and directed (Pane & Dasopang, 2.
According to Law of the Republic of Indonesia Number 20 of 2003 concerning the National Education System, learning is a process of interaction between educators and students and learning resources that takes place in a learning environment.
Online learning is a learning system that is not carried out face to face but uses a platform that can help the teaching and learning process be carried out even remotely.
Online learning aims to provide quality learning services in a massive and open network to reach more and wider people interested in learning (Handarini & Wulandari, 2.
According to Elyas, .
, the benefits that can be enjoyed from the online learning process include flexibility, independent learning and online learning.
Interest to Learn Interest is a driving factor for someone to do something.
According to Slameto, .
, interest is a feeling of liking and interest in a thing or activity, without anyone telling you to.
Interest is the acceptance of a relationship between oneself and something outside oneself.
The stronger or closer the relationship, the greater the interest.
Of course, in carrying out activities and efforts to achieve goals, teachers need to encourage to foster student interest.
The enthusiasm of educators in teaching students is closely related to students' interest in learning (Assis & Saputra, 2.
Hidi and Renninger believe that interest influences three important aspects of a person's knowledge, namely attention, goals and level of learning (Nurhasanah & Sobandi, 2.
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June 2023 The Nature of Natural Science (IPA) Natural science (IPA) is the knowledge that studies natural phenomena, both living and nonliving, which includes three basic scientific fields, namely from the perspective of the life of the living creatures that inhabit them (Biolog.
, the non-living objects that exist in them (Physic.
and the processes chemical reactions between the substances that make it up ( chemistr.
as well as interactions between the three components (Arviansyah, et al.
, 2.
In essence, science is built based on scientific products, scientific processes and scientific attitudes (Trianto.
Methodology Research Design This research is a type of survey research with a quantitative descriptive approach.
The research population was all class Vi students at MTs Al-Hidayah Toshiba The sample in this research was class Vi students MTs Al-Hidayah Tosiba.
The sample was determined using a purposive sampling technique, namely a technique for determining samples with certain The sample was determined using a purposive sampling technique, namely a technique for determining samples with certain considerations.
Class Vi was used as the research sample because in this class, students use the WhatsApp application during online Instruments The form of instrument used in this research is a questionnaire.
The questionnaire used to collect data about students' learning interest in WhatsApp-based online learning is in the form of a closed questionnaire with a graded scale.
The graduated scale contains numbers arranged in stages from smallest to largest or vice versa.
The answer scores are arranged based on a Likert scale with four alternative answers, namely Always (SL) 4.
Often (SR) 3.
Sometimes (KD) 2, and Never (TP) 1.
Techniques of Data Analysis The results of this questionnaire were then analyzed using the percentage formula proposed by (Sugiyono, 2.
P = x 100% Information:
P: Percentage of student scores F: frequency of student scores N: number of students To identify the average trend of each indicator, the Mean (M) and Standard Deviation (SD) are used, the following formula is used:
SD =
Ae Information:
X i: ith X value M: Mean SD: Standard deviation The trend of each indicator is classified into 5 .
categories, namely:
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Determining Student Interest in learning questionnaire in WhatsApp based online Coefficient Value Category X i > (M 1.
5 SD)
Very high (M 0.
5 SD) < X i (M 1.
5 SD)
Tall (M Ae 0.
5 SD) < X i (M 0.
5 SD)
Currently (M Ae 1.
5 SD) < X i (M Ae 0.
5 SD)
Low X i (M - 1.
5 SD)
Very low (Mustofa, 2.
WhatsApp-based online learning is obtained, and the mean is found using the following Oc Information :
x: Mean .
x i: Ith data value n: Number of respondents x = i=1 (Sugiyono, 2.
Findings and Discussion Findings Data from a questionnaire on students' learning interest in WhatsApp-based online learning based on indicators of students' feelings of enjoyment Based on the results of filling out the interest in learning questionnaire for 42 students, the indicators regarding students' feelings of enjoyment were obtained as follows:
Table 2.
Questionnaire categories for students' learning interest in WhatsApp-based online learning, indicators of students' feelings of enjoyment Category Coefficient Value Frequency Percentage (%) Very high X i > .
Tall .
< X i .
Currently .
< X i .
Low .
< X i .
Very low X i .
Total Based on the questionnaire category table on students' learning interest in online learning in terms of indicators of feelings of happiness, it can be depicted with the following 60,00% 54,76% 50,00% 40,00% 30,95% 30,00% 20,00% 10,00% 4,76% 7,15% 2,38% 0,00% Figure 1.
Graph of interest categories in terms of indicators of students' feelings of enjoyment JBSE/5.
June 2023 Data from a questionnaire on student interest in learning in WhatsApp-based online learning based on indicators of student interest Based on the results of filling out the interest in learning questionnaire for 42 students, the indicators of student interest were obtained as follows.
Table 3.
WhatsApp-based online learning, indicators of student interest Category Coefficient Value Frequency Very high X i > .
Tall .
< X i .
Currently .
< X i .
Low .
< X i .
Very low X i .
Total Percentage (%) WhatsApp-based online learning in terms of the student's interest indicators, can be depicted with the following graph:
50,00%
45,24%
40,00%
30,00%
23,81%
20,00%
10,00%
11,90%
14,29%
4,76%
0,00%
Figure 2.
Graph of interest categories in terms of student interest indicators Data from a questionnaire on students' learning interest in WhatsApp-based online learning based on indicators of student attention Based on the results of filling out the interest in learning questionnaire for 42 students, the indicators of student attention were obtained as follows:
Table 4.
WhatsApp-based online learning, indicators of student attention Category Very high Tall Currently Low Very low Coefficient Value X i > .
< X i .
< X i .
< X i .
X i .
Total Frequency Percentage (%) WhatsApp-based online learning in terms of the student's attention indicators, can be depicted with the following graph:
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40,00%
35,71%
30,00%
21,43%
19,05%
20,00%
16,67%
7,14%
10,00%
0,00%
Figure 3.
Graph of interest categories in terms of student attention indicators Data from a questionnaire on student interest in learning in WhatsApp-based online learning based on indicators of student engagement Based on the results of filling out the interest in learning questionnaire for 42 students, the indicators for student engagement were obtained as follows:
Table 5.
WhatsApp-based online learning, indicators of student involvement Category Very high Tall Currently Low Very low Coefficient Value X i > .
< X i .
< X i .
< X i .
X i .
Frequency Total Percentage (%) WhatsApp-based online learning in terms of indicators of student involvement, can be depicted in the following graph:
50,00%
45,24%
40,00%
30,00%
30,95%
21,43%
20,00%
10,00%
2,38%
0,00%
Figure 4.
Graph of interest categories in terms of indicators of student involvement Indicators of General Student Interest in Learning To find out indicators of students' learning interest in WhatsApp-based online learning in general, it can be presented in the following table:
Category Very high Tall Currently Low Very low Table 6.
Indicators of students' general learning interest Percentage Coefficient Value Frequency (%) X i > .
< X i .
< X i .
< X i .
X i .
Total Average JBSE/5.
June 2023 Discussion The Covid-19 pandemic at MTs Al-Hidayah Tosiba was carried out online using the WhatsApp WhatsApp features that teachers often use in the learning process are photo, video, document and WhatsApp group features.
The teacher uses the photo feature as a form of result of students' work on assignments, the teacher will give orders or assignments, and then students will send the results of their assignments in the form of photos which are shared on the WhatsApp group or via personal chat to the teacher concerned, then the delivery of the material is delivered using document features in word.
PDF or PPT form as well as using the video feature to share learning videos to support learning activities.
However, direct learning is considered more effective than online learning.
This is because WhatsApp-based online learning has several obstacles, one of which is that each student's network connection is different.
It is difficult to know the seriousness of students in learning.
Direct learning makes students understand more about the material being presented, students can also ask the teacher directly about material they do not understand.
Interest in learning can be viewed from several indicators, these indicators include:
Based on the questionnaire results in Table 1, the indicator of feelings of happiness is in the medium category with a percentage of 54.
Of the 42 students in this indicator, there were 2 students in the very high learning interest category, 14 students in the high learning interest category, 22 students in the moderate learning interest category, and 3 students in the low learning interest category and the very low learning interest category.
totaling 1 student.
Based on these data, it can be seen that the majority of students feel happy in participating in science With feelings of joy, students can follow the lesson well so that the science material taught by the teacher can be understood.
The second indicator of learning interest is student interest.
The indicator of student interest in participating in any WhatsApp-based online science learning is still very low.
Based on the questionnaire results in Table 4.
2, student interest is in the very low category with the highest percentage amounting to 45.
Of the 42 students in this indicator, there were 2 students in the very high learning interest category, 5 students in the high learning interest category, 10 students in the medium learning interest category, 6 students in the low learning interest category and the very low learning interest category.
totaling 19 students.
Based on this data, it can be concluded that the majority of students are less interested in taking part in online science learning based on WhatsApp.
This is because the results of the questionnaire showed that when they had difficulty doing assignments, only some students asked friends to explain the material via chat via WhatsApp.
Apart from that, students lack interest in looking for other sources of knowledge such as libraries or accessing the internet.
This shows the lack of student interest in learning science which is not in line with the opinion of Slameto .
that students who have an interest in learning are students who have an interest in learning.
Based on research results, (Firdaus, 2.
it is proven that the factors causing students' low interest in learning are related to the motivation that encourages students to tend to feel interested in people, objects, activities or can be effective experiences that are stimulated by the activity itself.
This requires appropriate follow-up to overcome the problems that cause students' low interest in learning.
Based on the questionnaire results in Table 4.
3, students' attention is in the high category with a percentage of 35.
of the 42 students in this indicator, there were 9 students in the very high learning interest category, 15 students in the high learning interest category, 8 students in the moderate learning interest category, 7 students in the low learning interest category and the very low learning interest category.
totaling 3 students.
Based on these data it can be concluded that the majority of students have attention to science learning.
Based on the questionnaire results in Table 4.
4, student involvement is in the high category with a percentage of 45.
Of the 42 students in this indicator, there were 9 students in the very high learning interest category, 19 students in the high learning interest category, 13 students in the moderate learning interest category, 1 student in the low learning interest category and 1 student in the very low learning interest category totaling 0 students.
Based on these data, it can be concluded that the majority of students have an engaged attitude towards WhatsApp-based online science learning.
The results of the questionnaire show that the majority of students often read science material first before the lesson begins, and students always listen to the teacher's directions when given assignments/homework.
According to Septiani.
et al .
involvement is student participation in an object which results in the JBSE/5.
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Based on the results of general data analysis, it is known that students' interest in learning in WhatsApp-based online learning tends to be moderate, namely 33.
33% with an overall average result of 53.
while the gain for the very high category was 4.
76%, the high category was 95%, the low category was 26.
20%, and the very low category was 4.
Based on questionnaire data processing, it shows that students' interest in learning in WhatsApp-based online learning is moderate.
This is shown by the varying percentage results for each indicator.
The indicator of feelings of happiness is in the medium category, the indicator of student interest is in the very low category, the indicator of student attention is in the high category and the indicator of student involvement is in the high category.
Students' lack of enjoyment and interest in WhatsApp-based online learning can affect students' interest in learning.
This could be caused by the WhatsApp-based online learning process being less interesting for students, so that students' concentration does not focus on the learning material provided by the teacher.
Apart from that, students' lack of initiative or passion in participating in WhatsApp-based online learning also greatly influences their interest in As well as limited facilities such as cell phones and internet quota which prevent students from participating in WhatsApp-based online learning .
According to the interview results, students' impressions of implementing WhatsApp-based online learning are still low.
Lack of will and hard work can also trigger them to have a low interest in learning.
Conclusion Based on the results of the data that has been obtained, it can be concluded that student's interest in learning in WhatsApp- based online learning in science subjects during the Covid-19 pandemic in class Vi MTs Al-Hidayah Tosiba is included in the medium category with the overall data obtained is 33.
33% with an average of 53.
85, so improvements still need to be made so that the desired learning objectives can be achieved.
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