ABSTRACT

Oktava, Muhammad Aditya (2020). The effectiveness of group conseling and Reinforcement
technique on increasing learning motivation of students grade X SMK Negeri 1 Batealit, Final
Project, Faculty of teacher and education.

Our Education quality on teaching and learning process is still questionable, moreover
the condition right now showed that the students lack of learning motivation. Motivation is
required in students’ learning process, because it is impossible for the students to do learning
process if they have no motivation. High of learning motivation will encourage students’ passion
learning and otherwise lack of learn motivation will reduce students’ passion learning which will
influence students learning result. One of the ways that can be applied in solving this problem is
applying group conseling with reinforcement technique.

This study purpose is to describe the effectiveness of group conseling with reinforcement
technique on on increasing learning motivation of students grade X SMK Negeri 1 Batealit.

This study is quantitative research with experiment method and True Experiment design.
Population in this study are the students of SMK Negeri 1 Batealit grade X. Sampling technique
which applied on this study is random sampling with criteria (a) Students of SMK Negeri 1
Batealit grade X (b) teenagers in range 13-16 years old. Sample in this study in total 20 students,
the data obtained by questionnaire. Variable X in this study is group conceling service with
reinforcement technique and variable y in this study is students’ learning motivation. Data
collection technique applied observation and questionnaire. Validity test used content validity
test (content validity). Dana analysis that applied is non-parametric analysis.

Result of this study is group conceling applied reinforcement technique can increase
students’ learning motivation, proven that value of asymp sign.(2-tailed) -0.000 less than a value
a 0.0005.

Keywords : Learning motivation, group conceling, reinforcement technique