THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE CASE METHOD IN INCREASING STUDENTS^ LEARNING MOTIVATION
Masrun1*, Umar2, Khairuddin3

Universitas Negeri Padang

Abstract

The case method is a student-oriented teaching approach, where students are the center of the activities of the teaching process. Case method is a way in teaching and learning process which is presented by displaying cases in the material to be studied. Tennis is the compulsory subjects that must be taken by students in Department of Coaching, UNP. This course is carried out theoritically and practically on a tennis court. The problem found in the field is the students^ low learning motivation when the learning process is carried out using conventional methods (lecturing) This study aimed at seeing the effectiveness of the case method in increasing students^ learning motivation in learning tennis courses at the Coaching department UNP. This is Quasi Experiment method with two group pre-test post-test control design. The subject was taken randomly (n = 32). The sample was divided into two groups using ordinally matching pairing technique with 16 people in each group. The first group was given Case Methods as the treatment, and second group was treated by lecturing method. To prove the hypothesis and the effect of the treatment given, the measurement of learning motivation was carried out before (pre) and after (post) the teaching and learning process. The data was processed by using SPSS software. To see the increasing in learning motivation in first group, a mean difference test was conducted between pre-test and post-test and the N_gain score. It was found that the sig 0.00 < 0.05, and N_Gain 53%. To see the increasing of learning motivation of the second group, a mean difference test was carried out between pre-test and post-test to get N score. It was found that the sig 0.00 < 0.05, and N_Gain 37%. To see the difference in the effect between groups I and II, an analysis of the mean difference test was performed the sig value was 0.00 > 0.05.

Keywords: Effectiveness, Case Method, Conventional Method, Learning Motivation

Topic: Opportunities and Challenges for Future Teachers