Sandra, Fitriyani2013-05-202013-05-202013-05-20http://repository.unri.ac.id:80/handle/123456789/3411Pengaruh Pemberian Penguatan (Reinforcement) Terhadap Motivasi Belajar Anak Usia 5-6 TahunIn the process of children's learning needs conducive circumstances at time of stimulation and education efforts and motivation according to the needs of children are different from one another in order to achieve the purpose of effective learning activities. Child's success in learning is influenced by many things, such as motivation, because motivation is very meaningful to the act of learning. Based on the results of observations conducted on children aged 5-6 years in kindergarten children's learning motivation Syakhsyiatul Ummah is still relatively low this can be seen in the behavior of children who are less serious to follow the lessons given by the teacher. This study aimed to determine differences in the provision of verbal and non-verbal reinforcement to motivate learning children aged 5-6 years in kindergarten Syakhsyiatul Ummah. The sample used in this study were 30 children consisting of 15 and 15 grouped grouped B1 B2. The data collection techniques used is by observation. Technical analysis of the data using test Mann-Whitney U-Test with SPSS 17. The result is there is no difference motivation children aged 5-6 years with reinforcement in the form of verbal and non-verbal. It can be seen from the analysis of data obtained by the U-test <0.014 Mann-Whitney or <0.05 means can not be the difference between the reinforcement in the form of verbal and non-verbal learning motivation towards children aged 5-6 years Kindergarten Syakhsyiatul Ummah Siak Hulu district Kampar regencyen-USStrengthening verbal and non-verbalthe motivation to learnstudent Paper Post Degree