Pengaruh Perhatian Orang Tua, Konsep Diri Dan Motivasi Belajar Terhadap Hasil Belajar Siswa Tentang Matematika Kelas Viii Smp Negeri Di Kecamatan Sausu Kabupaten Parigi Moutong

Abstract

The research aimed at finding out and describing the direct and indirect effects of parents’ care, self-concept, and learning motivation toward the learning outcomes on mathematics. The population was all the students of Grade VIII of SMP Negeri in Sub-district of Sausu, Parigi Moutong Regency in 2013/2014. They were 201 students in 10 classes. The sample was 110 students in 5 classes taken by using simple random sampling technique. This research was ex-post facto with causality designed to explain the cause and effect relationship between the variables. The techniques of data collection consisted of questionnaire on parents’ care, self-concept, and learning motivation; and mathematics test. The data were analysed quantitatively by using line analysis with SPSS 20 and AMOS. It is found that: (1) parents’ care directtly contributed significantly to the students’ mathematics learning outcome; (2) the students’ self-concept directly contributed significantly to the students’ mathematics learning outcome; (3) parents’ care indirectly contributed significantly to the students’ learning outcome on mathematics through learning motivation; (4) the students’ self-concept indirectly contributed significantly to the students’ learning outcome on mathematics through learning motivation; (5) parents’ care, self-concept, and learning motivation directly and indirectly contributed significantly to the students’ learning outcomes on mathematics.