Efforts to Increase Student Motivation to Learn by Using Mystery Boxes in Science Lessons

Abstract

This study was motivated by the fact that field observations showed that student motivation in science learning was still relatively low due to the lack of variety in learning media used. This study aimed to increase student motivation through the use of Mystery Box media in science learning. This study was a classroom action research (CAR) conducted at SDN 04 Bejen with 24 students as research subjects. The research was conducted in two cycles, each consisting of the planning, implementation, observation, and reflection stages. Data collection techniques used observation, learning motivation questionnaires, and documentation. The data were analyzed descriptively, qualitatively, and quantitatively. The results showed that the use of Mystery Box media could increase student learning motivation. The percentage of students with good learning motivation increased from 33.3% in the pre-cycle to 62.5% in cycle I and increased again to 83.3% in cycle II. The increase in student learning motivation was demonstrated by increased attention, activity, enthusiasm, and student involvement in IPAS learning. Thus, it can be concluded that the Mystery Box media is effective as an alternative learning media to increase student learning motivation in IPAS learning.