Abstract:
The purpose of this research to determine the differences and increase students'
motivation to learn physics through outdoor study approach compare with
learning in the classroom class VIII SMP N 21 Pekanbaru. This research is an
experiment with nonequivalent control group design. Data obtained from
questionnaire of ARCS motivation, the indicators are attention, relevance,
confidence and satisfaction. Collection of data taken from the beginning and the
end of the learning process. Students' motivation data were analyzed through
descriptive analysis and inferential analysis. Descriptive analysis showed that
students' motivation to learn physics by applying outdoor study approach higher
than learning in the classroom. Inferential analysis of data acquisition with a
normal distribution using SPPS 17, it was found that –tcount = -5544 <-ttable
= -2011
so there are significant differences in students' learning motivation through
outdoor study approaches.
