HUBUNGAN ANTARA KECERDASAN INTERPERSONAL DENGAN MOTIVASI BELAJAR PADA SISWA SMP STRADA KAMPUNG SAWAH

Interpersonal intelligence refers to an individual’s ability to recognize, understand, and identify various changes and differences in their surroundings, such as shifts in emotions, beliefs, and expectations of others, viewed through social sensitivity, insight, and communication. Learning motivation encompasses internal and external drives that stimulate learning enthusiasm, behaviour modification, and academic success, influenced by factors like desire for achievement, learning needs, future aspirations, recognition, engaging activities, and a conducive learning environment. The study aims to determine the relationship between interpersonal intelligence and learning motivation of grade VIII students. The data collection technique uses an assessment scale instrument. The subject of the study were junior high school students in grade SMP Strada Kampung Sawah. Based on the results of the instrument trial, the interpersonal intelligence instrument has 54 valid statements with a reliability of 0,740 and learning motivation instrument has 101 valid statements with a reliability of 0,750. The results of the correlation analysis of interpersonal intelligence and learning motivation were obtained at 0,796. These results indicate that there is a positive and significant relationship between interpersonal intelligence and learning motivation. Interpersonal intelligence contributes 62% to learning motivation