UPAYA GURU UNTUK MENINGKATKAN MOTIVASI BELAJAR SISWA DALAM MATA PELAJARAN AL-QUR'AN DAN HADIS DI SEKOLAH DASAR NEGRI 087 PENYAMBUNGAN TAHUN AJARAN 2025/2026

Abstract

A teacher is a professional educator whose main duties include teaching, guiding, directing, training, and assessing. In addition, the role of a teacher is also as a motivator. Thus, besides being an educator and instructor, a teacher also serves as a motivator for students. With this role, students will not experience boredom in learning, and eventually their interest and motivation to learn will continue to increase.

Motivation can be described as a driving force within students that provides direction in learning activities, so that learning objectives can be achieved. This study aims to determine how teachers make efforts to increase students’ learning motivation in the Al-Qur’an Hadith subject at Public Elementary School 087 Panyabungan. The purpose is to understand the strategies used by teachers to improve students' motivation in learning Al-Qur’an Hadith.

This research falls into the category of field research with a descriptive qualitative approach. The researcher used data collection techniques through observation, interviews, and documentation. Data analysis techniques included data reduction, data presentation, conclusion drawing, and data validity through triangulation.

Based on the results of the study, the efforts made by teachers to increase students’ learning motivation at Public Elementary School 087 Panyabungan include: giving direction during the learning process, assigning homework, tests, and other tasks, giving rewards in the form of gifts, grades, or words of praise, providing numerical grades for students’ work both in school assignments and homework, holding competitions among students, and using varied methods and media in teaching Al-Qur’an Hadith.