Motivation to Learn Mathematics on Different Personality Types

Abstract

Motivation is one of the aspects that support a person's learning success. A person's motivation level is very likely to differ from one to another. There are differences in learners' characteristics in the classroom learning process. One characteristic difference students process is the difference in personality types, in this case, introvert-extroverted. It is likely to impact a person's learning success. However, research that discusses this still needs to be completed. This study aims to know how high the motivation of mathematics education students who have an introverted personality type, how high the mathematics motivation of mathematics education students who have an extroverted personality is, whether there is a difference in mathematics motivation of mathematics education students based on personality type and whether there is a relationship between mathematical motivation and personality type. A quantitative research design with a purposive random sampling technique in 81 students was used in this study. The data analysis techniques are descriptive statistical data analysis, independent sample t-test, and Pearson correlation with the help of the SPSS 25 program. The results showed that: the motivation of introverted students on high criteria; the motivation of extroverted students on high criteria; there are differences in motivation based on introverted-extroverted personality types; and there is a significant relationship between mathematical motivation and introverted-extroverted personality types. It has implications for lecturers to anticipate problems that potentially arise and play a role in increasing student motivation related to their personality in the teaching and learning process.