The Influences of Teachers’ Performance and Students Motivation towards Students’ Achievement A Servey Research at Tirta Buaran Junior High School

Abstract

This paper is aimed to find out empirical data and analyze the influences of teacher’s performance and Learning Motivation towards student’s achievement at Tirta Buaran Junior High School in Ciputat, South Tangerang. The writer used survey method and samples were taken from as many as 40 students from the third class by using a simple random technique. The data was collected by distributing questionnaires directly to the sample. Data are analyzed by using descriptive statistics such as finding the mean, median, mode, standard deviation, and inferential statistics is to look for simple and multiple correlation coefficient followed with significance test of correlation coefficient. The result of this research is expected to give beneficial information for both teachers and students as well as the school institution. As teachers, they have to have good performance and always motivate their students to work hard , and for the students they have to increase their motivation in order to get better learning achievement, for school or institution must provide more and interesting facilities to attract students’s attention in learning.

Keywords: student motivation, teachers’ performance