The Application of Crossword Puzzle in The Team Games Tournament (TGT) Learning Model to Improve Learning Motivation

The purpose of the study is to ascertain whether adding crossword puzzles to the Team Games Tournament (tgt) for class VII B SMPN 2 Halongonan Timur will improve student' motivation to learn. The benefit of this study is that the use of crossword puzzles in TGT can improve students' learning motivation. SMPN 2 HALONGONAN TIMUR, namely from February to June 2022, served as the site for this study. A one-group pretest-posttest pre-experimental design comprised the research methodology. The ARCS motivation questionnaire, which includes indicators for Attention, Relevance, Confidence, and Satisfaction, is the tool utilized for data collecting. Data on student motivation for learning were examined using descriptive analysis. The medium category has an average improvement in student learning motivation of 0.40. Thus, it can be inferred that the inclusion of crossword puzzles in TGT can improve the class VII B SMPN 2 HALONGONAN TIMUR students' motivation to learn.