Perceptions of Students and Teachers Regarding Blended Learning Use in the Elementary Schools

The Covid-19 pandemic has altered people's lives in all sectors, including the educational field. This idea resulted in establishing the learning from the home policy as an alternative to academic services for students. This study aims to describe the perceptions of students and teachers towards the implementation of mathematics learning using the blended learning method in elementary schools in the Manggarai regency. This type of research was survey research with the number of samples in this study were 42 elementary school students and 42 elementary school teachers. Based on the results of this study, it can be concluded that the implementation of blended mathematics learning for students in Manggarai regency has not done well. This happened because not all students had Android phones and laptops; unstable internet connection, some several student residence areas lacked an internet connection, limited internet quota, teachers were not accustomed to controlling student attendance in online learning or using google forms applications, teachers were not accustomed to giving assessments using certain applications, both teachers and students had not accustomed to using virtual face-to-face learning using video conferencing, which hinders the learning process during the Covid-19 pandemic.