THE EFFECT OF STUDENT MOTIVATION AND PARTICIPATION ON THE ACHIEVEMENT OF ACCOUNTING LEARNING IN CLASS III SOCIAL SCIENCE STUDENTS

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to analyze and determine the effect of
motivation on learning achievement, student participation in learning
achievement, and learning motivation, and participation in student
academic achievement. The population is 69 students comes from class
III IPS at junior high school, Canosa. The sample of the research is 63
students. It is a correlational study in a quantitative approach. The data
collection using observation, questionnaires, and documentation. The
instrument of data collection is Scale Likert. The results showed that
learning motivation and student participation simultaneously had a
significant effect on accounting learning achievement in class III
students majoring in social studies at Ensino Secundario Canossa in
the 2012 academic year, with a value of F-count 14, 295 and a
correlation value of 0.628. It means that the variables of motivation and
participation are higher in influencing accounting learning
achievement. But for the partial test, the motivation variable itself does
not affect because t count = 1.50 < t table = 1.68 with a significant value
of the t-test of 0.141. Meanwhile, the participation variable has a
significant effect on accounting learning achievement because the tcount is 3.757 > t table 1.68 was a significant value of t-test of 0.001. So,
the most dominant influence on accounting learning a chievement in
grade 12 students of the Social Studies Department at Ensino
Secundario Canossa Dili in the academic year 2012 is the participation
variable. The evidenced by the highest coefficient of determination (r2)
is the motivation (X2) of 0.394 and the highest partial correlation value
of 0.628.