PENGARUH PENERAPAN METODE PEMBELAJARAN DISCOVERY LEARNING TERHADAP MOTIVASI BELAJAR SISWA

Abstract

This comprehensive study investigates the causal effect of the discovery learning method on the learning motivation of tenth-grade students in Islamic Religious Education (PAI) at SMA BSS Malang. The fundamental problem addressed is the prominent gap between the ideal expectation of cultivating intrinsic spiritual motivation and the classroom reality of passive, teacher-centered learning that triggers student boredom. Employing a quantitative approach with an associative causal design, this research targeted a population of 196 students, from which 66 representative samples were drawn using proportional random sampling based on Slovin's formula. Data were meticulously collected through validated Likert-scale questionnaires and analyzed using simple linear regression via SPSS, eliminating the need for tabular data presentation in its narrative analysis. The findings narratively indicate that the application of discovery learning is rated highly and correlates positively with a significant escalation in student motivation. Hypothesis testing revealed an absolute significant effect (p = 0.000 < 0.05) with a robust t-value of 5.956. Furthermore, the coefficient of determination (R Square) of 0.342 demonstrates that discovery learning contributes 34.2% to the variation in students' learning motivation. In conclusion, integrating discovery learning within a modern smart school ecosystem effectively shifts the educational paradigm toward student-centered learning, thereby significantly boosting their motivation to study Islamic values comprehensively.