Pengaruh Penggunaan Media Pembelajaran Berbasis YouTube dalam Meningkatkan Minat Belajar Siswa pada Mata Pelajaran Ekonomi

Linda Purnamawati (Program Studi Pendidikan Ekonomi Koperasi, Universitas Qamarul Huda Badaruddin Bagu, Indonesia)
Marazaenal Adipta (Program Studi Pendidikan Ekonomi Koperasi, Universitas Qamarul Huda Badaruddin Bagu, Indonesia)
Sahabudin Sahabudin (Program Studi Pendidikan Ekonomi Koperasi, Universitas Qamarul Huda Badaruddin Bagu, Indonesia)

Tirai Edukasi : Jurnal Pendidikan
Vol. 9 No. 1 (2026): Tirai Edukasi Juni 2026

This study aims to determine the influence of YouTube-based learning media on students’ learning interest in Economics at SMA Negeri 1 Pringgarata. The research applied a one-group pretest-posttest experimental design with a sample of 36 eleventh-grade students. The research instrument was a learning interest questionnaire consisting of 15 Likert-scale items that had been tested for validity and reliability (? = 0.834). Data were collected through pretest and posttest, then analyzed using the Shapiro-Wilk normality test and paired sample t-test. The findings showed an increase in the average score from 47.61 (pretest) to 67.42 (posttest), with a mean difference of 19.81. The paired sample t-test result was t(35) = 19.577, p < 0.001. Indicating a significant practical effect. Therefore, YouTube-based learning media proved effective in enhancing students’ interest in learning Economics.