The Effect of Kahoot-Type Game-Based Learning Model on the Learning Motivation of Students at SMPN 3 Sipoholon - North Tapanuli Regency

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to examine the positive and significant effect of the Kahoot-type Game-Based Learning Model on the learning motivation of seventh-grade students in Christian Religious Education and Character at SMP Negeri 3 Sipoholon for the 2024/2025 academic year. The research employed a quantitative method. The population consisted of 102 seventh-grade students at SMP Negeri 3 Sipoholon in 2024/2025, and a sample of 34 students from class VII-B was selected using cluster sampling. Data were collected using a closed-ended positive questionnaire consisting of 14 items. The results of the data analysis indicate that the Kahoot-type Game-Based Learning Model has a positive and significant effect on the learning motivation of seventh-grade students in Christian Religious Education and Character at SMP Negeri 3 Sipoholon for the 2024/2025 academic year, as expected. This was evidenced by the significance test, which yielded t_count > t_table (α=0.05; df=n-1=33), specifically 9.260 > 2.042. Thus, the alternative hypothesis (Ha), which states that the Kahoot-type Game-Based Learning Model has a positive and significant effect on the learning motivation of seventh-grade students in Christian Religious Education and Character at SMP Negeri 3 Sipoholon for the 2024/2025 academic year, is accepted, while the null hypothesis (H₀), which states that there is no effect, is rejected.