THE EFFECT OF LEARNING MOTIVATION ON STUDENTS' CRITICAL THINKING ABILITY IN ECONOMICS SUBJECT DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC

Abstract

Learning motivation is identified as one of factors that influenced student involvement in learning process during pandemic of COVID-19. This study focused on explaining the effect of student motivation in learning during pandemic of COVID-19 on economics subjects. The sample in this study was 90 students in grade XI of the Social Sciences Department (IPS) at Senior High School KHZ Musthafa Sukamanah Tasikmalaya. The data in this study were collected through a questionnaire about learning motivation and essay questions to measure critical thinking skills. The research method used was a simple linear regression technique. The result in this study shows that learning motivation has an influence on the level of critical thinking of students