ANALISIS AWAL MINAT BELAJAR DAN KETERAMPILAN GERAK TARI TRADISIONAL SISWA KELAS V.A SDN 1 MUARA BELITI

ABSTRACT Learning interest is one of the factors associated with students' engagement in the learning process, including traditional dance education. This study aimed to describe the initial conditions of students' learning interest and traditional dance movement skills and to analyze the relationship between these two variables among fifth-grade students of class V.A at SDN 1 Muara Beliti. This research employed a descriptive quantitative approach involving 21 students based on the available pretest data. Data were collected through measurements of learning interest and dance movement skills and analyzed using descriptive statistics and Pearson correlation. The results showed that the learning interest variable had a total score of 361, a mean of 17.19, a median of 14, and a standard deviation of 7.45, with observed scores ranging from 10 to 30. Meanwhile, the traditional dance movement skills variable had a total score of 238, a mean of 11.33, a median of 9, and a standard deviation of 4.19, with observed scores ranging from 8 to 22. Pearson correlation analysis revealed a strong and statistically significant positive relationship between learning interest and traditional dance movement skills (r = 0.903; p < 0.001). This finding indicates that students with higher learning interest scores tend to achieve higher traditional dance movement skills scores. Therefore, learning interest is strongly associated with students' traditional dance movement skills. However, these findings are limited to the initial conditions of a single class and cannot establish a causal relationship or demonstrate the effectiveness of the Project-Based Learning (PjBL) model. ABSTRAK Minat belajar merupakan salah satu faktor yang berkaitan dengan keterlibatan siswa dalam mengikuti pembelajaran, termasuk pembelajaran seni tari tradisional. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mendeskripsikan kondisi awal minat belajar dan keterampilan gerak tari tradisional serta menganalisis hubungan antara kedua variabel tersebut pada siswa kelas V.A SDN 1 Muara Beliti. Penelitian ini menggunakan pendekatan kuantitatif deskriptif dengan melibatkan 21 siswa berdasarkan data awal (pretest) yang tersedia. Pengumpulan data dilakukan melalui pengukuran minat belajar dan keterampilan gerak tari, kemudian dianalisis menggunakan statistik deskriptif dan korelasi Pearson. Hasil analisis menunjukkan bahwa variabel minat belajar memperoleh skor total 361, rata-rata 17,19, median 14, dan simpangan baku 7,45, dengan rentang skor 10–30. Sementara itu, variabel keterampilan gerak tari memperoleh skor total 238, rata-rata 11,33, median 9, dan simpangan baku 4,19, dengan rentang skor 8–22. Hasil uji korelasi Pearson menunjukkan adanya hubungan positif yang kuat dan signifikan antara minat belajar dan keterampilan gerak tari tradisional (r = 0,903; p < 0,001). Temuan ini menunjukkan bahwa semakin tinggi skor minat belajar siswa, cenderung semakin tinggi pula skor keterampilan gerak tari yang diperoleh. Dengan demikian, minat belajar memiliki keterkaitan yang kuat dengan keterampilan gerak tari tradisional. Namun, temuan ini terbatas pada gambaran kondisi awal satu kelas dan belum dapat digunakan untuk menyimpulkan hubungan sebab-akibat maupun efektivitas model Project-Based Learning (PjBL).