Analysis of middle school students’ interest in learning mathematics using android-based animated film media during the Covid-19 pandemic

This study aims to describe the learning interest of junior high school students towards the use of android-based animated film media during the Covid-19 pandemic. This research is a qualitative descriptive study. The subjects of the research were grade VIII students at Public Junior High School 7 Muara Jambi which consisted of 25 junior high school students who were taken randomly. As for the number of class VIII students at Public Junior High School 7 Muara Jambi as many as 86 students. The instruments used in this study were student learning interest questionnaire test sheets and interviews. The data analysis technique used in this research is quantitative descriptive analysis. The results of this study indicate that overall, the use of android-based animated film media can be said to support student learning interest during the Covid-19 pandemic, while the overall percentage result is 80% with very high criteria. As for the percentage results based on indicators of overall interest in learning, the percentage of students’ feelings of pleasure is 83% with very high criteria. The percentage of students’ interest and attention indicators is 80% with very high criteria; and the percentage of student involvement indicators is 78% with high criteria. Therefore, it can be concluded that this android-based animated film media is very effectively used as a learning medium to support student learning interest during the Covid-19 pandemic.