Students' Perception of Educational Games in the Learning of Mathematics

Abstract

Learning mathematics is always perceived as difficult by students and makes them feel bored, anxious and lazy to participate in classroom learning. This study aims to investigate students' perceptions of the use of educational games in mathematics learning. This aim is motivated by the phenomenon that games only have a negative influence and make students lazy to learn. This type of research is quantitative research with descriptive narrative. The instrument used is a questionnaire on students' perceptions, which consists of 3 indicators, namely reaction, response and evaluation. The sample in the study were 210 students of SMK Imelda Rantauprapat. The data analysis technique used was the Miles and Huberman model. The results showed that in the response indicator, 75% of the students agreed that teachers used educational games, in the response indicator, 83% of the students agreed that educational games made it easier for students to understand mathematics learning, and in the assessment indicator, 81% of the students agreed that educational games were able to make students enjoy learning mathematics. Using educational games makes learning mathematics easier and more fun.