Studi Identifikasi Faktor-Faktor Motivasi Belajar pada Mahasiswa yang Bekerja di Fakultas Psikologi Universitas Medan Area

Abstract

This study aims to determine the factors of learning motivation in students who work at the Faculty of Psychology, University of Medan Area. Learning motivation is the driving force of someone who can come from inside and outside themselves that causes them to act in a real way to learn in order to achieve the expected learning goals. This research uses a quantitative approach. The research sample consisted of 69 working students. The research scale uses the Likert scale method. The analysis technique used is descriptive analysis technique (percentage of factors). Based on the analysis results it is known that the environmental conditions of students most influence by 18.08 percent, then the ability factor of students amounted to 17.62 percent, then the ideals / aspirations of learning by 17.45 percent, then the factors of dynamic elements in learning and learning by 16,63 percent, then the student condition factor of 15.75 percent and the lowest factor was the teacher's effort to manage the class by 14.47 percent. Therefore based on descriptive analysis, the factors that influence learning motivation are the most influential factors of student environmental conditions and the lowest factor is the effort of teachers to manage class.