Analysis of student interest in biology subjects after the covid-19 pandemic at MAN 2 Bantul

Abstract

Interest means an attitude of liking an activity and usually paying more attention. The purpose of this study was to determine students' interest in learning Biology subjects after the co-19 pandemic. This research is a quantitative research with quantitative descriptive method. The object of research is science students at MAN 2 Bantul totaling 192 with a sample of 56 respondents. Research data were obtained using a closed questionnaire that had been validated by experts. Aspects observed in learning interest such as student interest, curiosity, student acceptance of tasks, awareness of learning at home, activeness, and the learning process. The results showed that student interest was categorized as good, curiosity was categorized as good, student acceptance when given assignments was categorized as very poor, awareness of learning at home was categorized as very poor, student activeness was categorized as very good, and the learning process was categorized as very good. Based on the results of this study, it can be concluded that student interest in learning after the co-19 pandemic can be said to be good even though it has various factors inhibiting interest in learning.