PENGARUH PERSEPSI ATAS KOMPETENSI PEDAGOGIK GURU DAN MINAT BELAJAR TERHADAP PEMAHAMAN KONSEP MATEMATIKA

Abstract

This study aims to analyze: (1) the joint effect of students’ perceptions of teachers’ pedagogical competence and learning interest on the understanding of mathematical concepts among private junior high school students in Tangerang Regency, (2) the partial effect of students’ perceptions of teachers’ pedagogical competence on the understanding of mathematical concepts, and (3) the partial effect of learning interest on the understanding of mathematical concepts. The research employed a survey method with a sample of 83 eighth-grade students selected through probability sampling. Data were collected using a questionnaire, while multiple regression analysis was applied to examine the hypotheses. The findings reveal that: (1) there is a significant joint effect of students’ perceptions of teachers’ pedagogical competence and learning interest on the understanding of mathematical concepts (Sig = 0.000 < 0.05; F-value = 17.089), (2) there is a significant effect of students’ perceptions of teachers’ pedagogical competence on the understanding of mathematical concepts (Sig = 0.002 < 0.05; t-value = 3.125 > t-table = 1.990), and (3) there is a significant effect of learning interest on the understanding of mathematical concepts among private junior high school students in Tangerang Regency (Sig = 0.000 < 0.05; t-value = 5.316).