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Volume 2, Number 1, July, 2020
p-ISSN: 2777-0915 | e-ISSN 2797-6068
BASIC STUDENTS LEARNING MOTIVATION STRATEGIES IN THE
COVID-19 PANDEMIC TIME THROUGH STUDY GROUPS
Ita Lailasari
IAI Bunga Bangsa Cirebon
Email: italailasari082@gmail.com
Keywords
religious, moderation,
Middle Class
Community
Article Info
Accepted:
June, 15
st
2020
Revised:
July, 12
nd
2020
Approved:
July, 14
th
2020
Abstract This study aims to determine strategies in
increasing student learning motivation to maintain
the continuity of the educational process in the Study
From Home (SFH) policy during the COVID-19
pandemic. The method used in this research is
qualitative with the research subject, namely
students in the study group in Jungjang village. Data
collection techniques used were interviews and
documentation. The results showed that the form of
the learning group teacher strategy to increase
student learning motivation in the SFH policy in the
midst of the COVID-19 outbreak was with student
work study groups which were proven to increase
student learning motivation. The obstacles
encountered by the learning group teacher were
related to the aspects of the students' parents,
learning facilities, and the creativity of the learning
group teachers. The benefits of this research are the
growth of student learning motivation, train student
discipline, and help improve the closeness between
parents and children.
Introduction
Since the end of 2019 the world has begun to be surprised by the presence
of a new virus known as Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). A fairly large
disease outbreak. The virus originating from China then spreads to various
countries in the world, including Indonesia. The existence of various COVID-
19 diseases that attack Indonesia has an impact on sectors, ranging from
health, economy, to education (Erni, Vebrianto, Miski, MZ, & Thahir, 2020).
Until around early April, the government issued a policy stipulated in the
Regulation of the Minister of Health of the Republic of Indonesia Number 9
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of 2020 concerning Guidelines for Large-Scale Social Restrictions (PSBB) in
the Context of Accelerating Handling of Corona (Syauqi, 2020). This disease
has placed restrictions on religious activities, schools, workplaces, public
places or facilities, socio-cultural activities, modes of transportation, and
other activities related to defense and security aspects with several
requirements that must be met by regions that apply for PSBB (Permen,
2019).
The form of PSBB implementation in the realm of education is in accordance
with the Regulation of the Minister of Health of the Republic of Indonesia
Number 9 of 2020, namely by school holidays which replace the teaching
and learning process at schools by being carried out at home using the most
effective media. The application of this policy is known by the wider
community as Study From Home (SFH), where learning activities are carried
out using a remote system (Handarini & Wulandari, 2020). The existence of
the SFH policy provides new challenges for the apparatus (Astini, 2020).
The challenge is because these institutions have never had experience in
dealing with situations like this before. Learning activities that are usually
carried out in schools include face-to-face learning activities between
teachers and students, but now they must be done remotely through a
remote system (Dewi, 2020). In implementing SFH in the midst of the COVID-
19 outbreak, it certainly requires good cooperation between stakeholders,
including the government, parents, teachers, and schools (Aji, 2020).
At the beginning of the issuance of this SFH policy, there was no clear and
detailed guide on how to carry out learning activities with the SFH system.
The PSBB policy only refers to teaching and learning activities in schools to
be replaced by teaching and learning activities at home using the most
effective media. Many teachers are confused about how to learn properly
with this system, so that even though it is done at home, the learning process
continues to run well (Khasanah, Pramudibyanto, & Widuroyekti, 2020).
The National Education System discusses education according to the Law of
the Republic of Indonesia Number 20 of 2003 concerning education
pathways in Indonesia which consists of formal, non-formal, and informal
education. Meanwhile, Elementary School Education (SD) is included in
formal education.
Primary schools also face challenges in implementing the previously
mentioned SFH (Purwanto et al., 2020). In addition to experiencing
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confusion in adapting to the SFH learning system, teachers are also required
to show that learning activities are still being carried out, both to school
supervisors, student guardians, students, and the surrounding community in
general. So, it seems that teachers are still carrying out their duties properly
as educators even in the midst of an epidemic like this. This is a form of
responsibility for the tasks given to teachers as educators and teachers. In
these conditions, teaching and learning activities must continue. The
fulfillment of the rights of every child to the nation must be fulfilled,
whatever happens. For this reason, teachers as drivers of the wheels of
education must carry out their duties properly.
Another challenge that becomes an elementary school institution in
implementing SFH policies is facing the challenges of elementary school
students (Fatimah, Chan, & Sofwan, 2020). Children are just learning how to
go to school and are still adapting to school life. In addition, there are also
characteristics of elementary school students who are often gloomy,
especially in terms of learning (Octavia, 2020). Sometimes children are
excited to go to school, sometimes they are lazy. It can be seen that the
learning motivation of elementary school students is still low and still needs
guidance and guidance from teachers or parents as a motivator or activator
(Hero & Sni, 2018). That is a challenge in terms of learning motivation,
especially the conditions for implementing SFH policies where learning
activities are carried out at home (Sunarto, Sartika, Cay, Sumiyati, &
Nurhidayat, 2020). Without a teacher who accompanies them and
classmates who are usually study partners, of course the children's
motivation and enthusiasm for learning will decrease (Simanjuntak, 2019).
Changes in the learning process in the midst of this pandemic are certainly a
challenge for all education. (Damanik, 2019) revealed in the results of his
research conducted in private high schools, that the learning environment
has a significant influence on learning motivation.
The purpose of this study is to provide an overview of strategies that can be
used in an effort to foster learning motivation in elementary school students
by using study groups. Then also explained about the obstacles faced in
implementing the strategy, and its benefits. It is hoped that the results of
this research can also be an inspiration for teachers at various levels of
education starting from the early childhood, elementary, junior high and
high school levels, which can be developed again in accordance with the
conditions and situations of each level of education. That way, the obstacles
in implementing the SFH learning system due to COVID-19 related to student
learning motivation can be resolved properly.
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Method Research
The approach used in this research is a qualitative approach with descriptive
research type. Researchers used this type of descriptive qualitative research
approach because the researcher aimed to gain new knowledge and an
overview related to what strategies were used by the study group teachers
in Jungjang Village to revive the learning motivation of students who had to
face the Study From Home (SFH) policy due to the COVID-19 disaster. 19 who
attacked Indonesia. This research was conducted on elementary school
students in block 6 of Jungjang Village, having their address at Tajug Gede,
Kapling Block, Jungjang Village, Arjawinangun District, Cirebon Regency. The
following are the research stages carried out by the researcher.
The research subjects in this study were students of the Study Group at Tajug
Gede, Jungjang Village. Meanwhile, the researcher acts as an analyzer and
data observer who also reports the results of the research that has been
done. The data collection technique used in this study was to use the
interview method and documentation. With conditions in the midst of the
COVID-19 outbreak, interviews were conducted face-to-face individually
and continued to apply the Covid-19 protocol to gather information needed
by researchers. The documentation method used by researchers was
observing several activities carried out by students in the study group with
the results of worksheet assignments given from each student's school.
Result and Discussion
The existence of the Study From Home (SFH) policy due to the COVID-19
epidemic that attacked Indonesia caused changes in the learning system
applied to every educational institution. The learning system is usually
implemented face-to-face in schools, but now has to be implemented using
a remote system. In terms of methods to learning facilities, of course there
are changes in order to adapt to the conditions of SFH with all the existing
limitations, which are not running like the usual learning process. These
changes occur starting from the levels of early childhood education,
elementary, secondary, to tertiary education.
Based on the explanation from the class teacher, usually the participants in
the study group take part in learning activities at school with the class
teacher three times a week, namely Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday.
Pengumpulan
Data
Reduksi Data
Penarikan
Penyajian
Data
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After the SFH policy was implemented, the learning system was changed to
giving assignments that were still adjusted to the usual learning schedule.
The three assignments are given once a week at the beginning of the week.
Then, each student sends the results of their work according to the school
schedule, which is every Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday. The
assignments that are given at the beginning of the week, usually the
guardian of the school students take the assignment materials provided by
the school, as well as to get direct explanations from the teacher regarding
how to do the assignments given to minimize misunderstandings in the work
of the assignments. The form of assignments given by the teacher is
processed with various variations each week so that children do not feel
bored. Tasks can be in the form of working on a theme book, creating works,
making sports videos, or other forms of assignments.
The explanation above as a sample is sufficient to illustrate how changes in
the existing learning system in SD institutions. This change certainly affects
the learning motivation of students. In fact, learning motivation is very
important for students in a learning process. Seeing how important student
learning motivation is faced with changes in the learning system in SFH
policy in the midst of this COVID-19 outbreak, teachers need to look for
strategies as an effort to turn on students' learning motivation. Of course,
these efforts must be effective and appropriate when applied at the
elementary level. So that any obstacles regarding the motivation to learn can
be overcome with the right solution.
A. Forms of Learning Group Teacher Strategies to Increase Student
Motivation in Implementing SFH Policies
Based on the results of the interviews conducted by researchers with the
participants of the Tajug Gede study group, the form of efforts made so that
the participants' learning motivation can live while studying at home is the
study group method. As explained earlier that in implementing SFH as a
result of the COVID-19 outbreak, the learning system in elementary schools
which is usually implemented in schools has now changed by giving
assignments to do at home. The three assignments that are distributed at
the beginning of the week are submitted to the class teachers according to
their usual school schedule, namely every Monday, Tuesday and
Wednesday. Every task in the form of images and videos is sent via
WhatsApp. Every task that is obtained from the student's school study group
is done with the study group teacher. Here are some examples of study
group participants doing their assignments with the study group teacher,
while still adhering to the Covid-19 protocol.
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Picture 1. Tajug Gede study group
Picture 2. Tajug Gede study group
Picture 3. Tajug Gede study group
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The picture shows where the study group teacher not only helps in doing
assignments from school, but also provides motivation to build students'
enthusiasm. For example, an expression of praise for the work done by the
child and his enthusiasm. That way children feel more appreciated and
excited in doing their assignments. Then the study group teacher also
provides constructive directions to parents so that they always help with
their children's assignments. So, parents also feel motivated to be
enthusiastic in accompanying their children to study at home. In addition,
the study group teachers also expressed their hopes as a form of prayer so
that things would quickly improve, so that children could learn and play
together again at school.
The study group teacher explained that the application of this method
showed a positive impact where the child was getting more enthusiastic
about doing his job. Because in the study group children can meet their
friends even though they are still at a distance and doing tasks can be
completed more quickly. Or maybe there are no gadgets at home to find
additional material for doing assignments. When he joins study groups he
can exchange questions on assignments given by the school.
That way students' motivation to learn can increase with encouragement in
the form of study groups. With discipline, children do their children's
assignments and do not experience delays in collecting assignments. The
efforts described above are made, because learning motivation is very
important in a learning process. Because, student learning outcomes will be
greatly influenced by this. Student learning outcomes can be improved in
one way, namely increasing student motivation and interest which can be
achieved by improving the quality of teachers in terms of personal character
and teaching methods (Ricardo & Meilani, 2017: 188201).
In addition, the learning outcomes obtained by students will be achieved
optimally if there is learning motivation that determines the intensity of
student learning efforts, can encourage students to do something,
determine where students are doing, select what students do, and
encourage students to try achieving achievement, where the teacher acts as
a student motivator (Manizar, 2015: 204222). This explanation shows how
influential the study group program is in increasing student motivation. So,
it becomes a way as an effort to increase student motivation, so that the
learning outcomes obtained can be maximized, especially in conditions in
the midst of the COVID-19 outbreak like this.
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B. Barriers to Increasing Learning Motivation
According to the information of the learning group teacher Tajug Gede, in
the implementation of efforts to foster student learning motivation through
the learning group method the results of the task work found several
obstacles related to the factors of parents of students who were less
contributive in supporting this SFH. Then, learning facilities are also an
obstacle in the form of incomplete facilities. Although several obstacles were
found, the group study teacher revealed that in general the learning went
well.
C. Benefits of Implementing Work Work Result Publications in an Effort to
Increase Student Motivation
As previously explained above, the form of a study group effort is to turn on
students' learning motivation. This action turned out to provide results in
the form of benefits not only for students, but also for parents. According to
the description of the study group teacher, with the application of the study
group the results of the work assignments given by the class teacher can be
resolved in the discipline and the learning motivation of live students. Even
though the learning system has changed, where children do not learn with
the teacher, the children still have the enthusiasm to learn at home even
though they occasionally complain that they miss meeting the teacher.
Children who take part in the study group feel happy even though they do
not fully meet school friends but they treat a bit of homesickness.
Conclusion
Based on the results of this study, it can be concluded that the form of the
learning group teacher strategy to turn on student learning motivation in the
SFH policy in the midst of the COVID-19 outbreak with study groups is proven
to motivate students to implement SFH. Some of the obstacles that the
teacher encountered in implementing the publication method were related
to aspects of students' parents, learning facilities. The implementation of
this study group provides benefits in the form of growing student
motivation, training student discipline. Although this method is fairly simple,
the results of this study indicate that this method is quite effective in
fostering student motivation. In its application, it is also necessary to have
the consistency of learning group teachers in implementing it, so that the
results obtained can be maximized. In addition, cooperation from parents is
also needed so that SFH implementation can run optimally as expected.
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