The Relationship Between Learning Motivation and Self-Concept with Higher Order Thinking Skills (Hots) on VIII Grade Science Subjects

Abstract

 The purpose of this study is to Recognizing how the correlation between learning mo­tivation and HOTS, Recognizing how the correlation between self-concept and HOTS, Recog­nizing how the correlation between learning motivation and self-concept related to HOTS. This study used a descriptive quantitative method with a correlation research design. The participants were 8-grade students at SMP Negeri 8 Surakarta school year 2020/2021. The method of sampling that the researcher used in this study is cluster random sampling. The data for this study is col­lected through online questionnaires by using google form. In this study, for the data analysis, I use simple linear regression and multiple regression analysis. The result of this study shows that :  Learning motivation has a positive correlation with HOTS and also has a regression value 0,401. Self-concept has a positive correlation with HOTS and also has a regression value 0,417. Learning motivation and self-concept has a positive correlation with HOTS has a regression value 0,491 and has a coefficient of determination value 0,241.