The Effect of Motivation and Communication on Student Competence in Microeconomics

In the learning process, one of the things needed is motivation to learn. This motivation is a person’s effort to achieve good results. Motivation to learn needs to encourage to achieve maximum performance or results. The need for learning motivation to support every learning activity. Furthermore, what is needed in the learning process is good communication. Communication is the delivery of the intent and purpose to share information directly or indirectly or through the media. Communication also functions to solve problems in a group or organizational environment. This communication is needed in every face-to-face learning. Decent competence is a competence that is the result of one’s creativity and innovation. Competence is a person’s ability to develop. Competence is needed in the field of education and one’s life experience. In the learning process, this competency value has a sale value. Data analysis techniques using multiple linear regression. The results partially showed that motivation does not affect competence, while communication has significant effect on competence. The results simultaneously showed that motivation and communication significantly influence competence.