Students’ Perception on the Use of Kahoot as an Ice Breaker in Movie
38 that Kahoot application as an ice breaker is exciting. The researcher also provided
the data that came from an open-ended question which was related to the statement. Fun and exciting P4
Fun and exciting, Gain new knowledge in fun way P19 Fun, exciting and easy, everyone can use it P25
When I played Kahoot it was Fun and exciting P57 Kahoot makes the learning fun, exciting and also Interesting P63
The two statements, ninth and tenth statements were supported by the theory from Leontiev 1981
, “perception is the process whereby the external tokens of objects and phenomena are reflected in man’s conciousness.” The researcher found
that what actually affected the respondents to agree or disagree with the statements that the researcher distributed was
only the respondents’ perception on Kahoot as an ice breaker in Movie Interpretation class was boring or not after the respondents used
it. The eleventh statement stated
“Using Kahoot as an ice breaker makes me enjoy the learning activities very much
” showed one 1 student 1.51 chose strongly disagree, one 1 student 1.51 disagree, thirty 30 students 45.45
agree, and thirty-four 34 students 51.51 strongly agree. There were another data that supported the statement. The supporting data came from the open-ended question
and the interview session. Which can be seen as follows. Gives fun and joy during the class. P60
39 Kahoot is a fun and exciting intermezzo when we get bored with all of
the materials in class. Interviewee2 Playing Kahoot makes me not bored when we always watching a
movie in Movie Interpretation class. Interviewee3
The data above were also supported by some theories that the researcher already stated in Chapter II. It came from Granic, Lobel, Engels, 2014 as cited by
Perrin et al, 2015 “Students can learn academic content and have fun while playing
educationally relevant games. In addition to specific academic achievement benefits, games can
also help build students’ academic confidence, develop their social and problem-solving skills Education World, 2015, and promote teamwork and
cooperation Steinberg, 2011 as cited by Seigle, 2015 ” p. 192. In this case Kahoot
as an ice breaker let the students learn academic content and have fun in the same time while playing. It was also supported by more than 90 of the respondents agree
that using Kahoot as an ice breaker made them enjoy the learning activities. The twelfth statement
stated: “I become more interested in Movie Interpretation class because of Kahoot as an ice breaker
” showed that two 2 students 3.03 strongly disagree, nine 9 students 13.63 disagree, thirty-three
33 students 50 agree, and twenty-two 22 students 33.33 strongly agree. Makes people Relax, makes me interest more in Movie Interpretation
subject, the situation in the class more fun. P1
Fun, and also increase my interest in movie interpretation class. P11 Motivate to learn more about movies. P24
Interest me a lot to learn about Movie Interpretation, refreshing. P35 PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI
40 Interest me a lot to learn about Movie Interpretation, fun and also
relaxing. P39 Makes me learn more about Movie Interpretation and gain new
knowledge in a fun way. P46 Relaxing, Kahoot
is a good program to interest students’ motivation in learning movie interpretation. P47
Besides, the open-ended data from the respondents, the researcher also obtained some of the data from interview session which were connected with the
statement number twelve about the use of Kahoot as an ice breaker that makes the students more interested in Movie Interpretation class.
Yes, because it makes me want to deepen Movie Interpretation subject, in order to answer questions that is in Kahoot Interviewee3
As I said earlier, I was so much enthusiasm for learning movie interpretation in order to win Kahoot. It seems like all the subjects will
be better if they use Kahoot, so there is some kind of great desire to learn deeper on the subject. Interviewee4
I become more interested in learning Movie Interpretation after playing Kahoot. It seems that class atmosphere becomes cozy and comfortable
for learning activity after playing Kahoot. Kahoot seems like refreshing my body and also my spirit. Interviewee5
Kahoot gives some kind of relaxation effect during the class. It also encouraged me to learn and explore more about Movie Interpretation; it
will be cool if we become the 5, right? Interviewee4
The data above were also supported by the theory came from Granic et al., 2014, stated that,
“video games by their very nature require students to be actively engaged, this engagement
increases students’ interactions with content and, in many instances, with each other
” p. 192. According to the data that the researcher obtained, Kahoot increased student interest in Movie Interpretation class because it
41 had a therapy for the students. As the open-ended data as well as interview session
data showed that Kahoot increased competitive tendency and made the students to learn Movie Interpretation deeper, in order to win Kahoot in class. The statement
above was also supported by the theory from Good and Brophy 2000 as cited by Johns 2015 that students who were motivated had higher achievement rates than
those who were not. Using Kahoot as an ice breaker in the beginning of the class, the students were motivated to learn more on the Movie Interpretation subject in order to
get the highest score when quizzing with Kahoot application. It also helped the students to gain more knowledge and get a better mark in the Movie Interpretation
subject. It is because the students were motivated to win Kahoot. The thirteenth statement
stated “Kahoot gives some relaxation effects before learning activities in Movie Interpretation class
” showed that three 3 students 4.54 chose strongly disagree, four 4 students 6.06 disagree, thirty-three 33
students 50 agree, and twenty-six 26 students 39.39 strongly agree. Kahoot makes me more Relax and also entertaining. P2
Kahoot makes me relax before facing the material. P28 Kahoot gives some relaxation before learning the main topic. P42
Relaxing, Kahoot is a good progr
am to interest students’ motivation in learning movie interpretation. P47
Kahoot gives some relaxation effect. P52 Kahoot
makes me relax and makes me don’t feel bored during the class. P55
Kahoot makes me become relax, my stress replaced with joy. P66 PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI
42
The data above were also supported by the theory that came from Granic, Lobel Engels 2014 as cited by Perrin et al 2015
“Students can learn academic content and have fun while playing educationally relevant games
” p. 192. According to the data that the researcher gained, the use of Kahoot as an ice breaker
in Movie Interpretation class did work. It can be seen that more than 80 percent of the respondent agreed that Kahoot gave some relaxation effects before learning activities
in Movie Interpretation class. It also proved from the open-ended question and interview session conducted by the researcher, many of the students stated that
Kahoot gave some relaxation effects before facing the material. There were some statements from interview session to support the statement.
Kahoot gives some kind of relaxation effect during the class. It also encouraged me to learn and explore more about Movie Interpretation; it
will be cool if we become the top 5, right? Interviewee4
I become more interested in learning Movie Interpretation after playing Kahoot. It seems that class atmosphere become cozy and comfortable
for learning activity after playing Kahoot. Kahoot seems like refreshing my body and also my spirit. Interviewee5
The fourteenth statement stated
“Kahoot helps students a lot through the process of learning in Movie Interpretation class
” showed that one 1 student 1.51 chose strongly disagree, thirteen 13 students 19.69 disagree, thirty-three
33 students 50 agree, and nineteen 19 students 28.78. The statement above was also supported by some answers on the open-ended question that answered by
the respondents also. PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI
43 It helps us to have a little
bit of fun when we’re learning about movie interpretation. P9
It is fun, brainstorm movie base, force to think fast and also it takes my attention. P10
It makes students learn new material with interesting way. P13 I can know many movies and material of Mov-
Pret that I haven’t seen before. P15
It can make students get the materials easier. P16 It is fun, we can know more about the material with fun way. P17
We can regain our Movie Interpretation background knowledge with Kahoot P20
It enriches my knowledge of movies. It is also fun so that I don’t get bored every time I play it. P23
It can be a game for students to join and also it gives information about movie interpretation material. P26
Kahoot helps me to know more movie even the old movie, Then it also helps me to enjoy the class. P29
Supporting the data above, researcher also related the data with the theory from Ascough 2002, Rosie 2000 Briggs 1999 as cited by
Yang et al 2004 that state,
“online education can also promote students’ critical thinking skills, deep learning, collaborative learning, and problem-solving skills
” p. 862. Kahoot as an online education helped students a lot through the process of learning which
stimulated the students’ critical thinking skills, deep learning, collaborative learning, and problem-solving skills, as the theory stated above. Other statements from close-
ended question and interview session supported the findings. PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI
44 Gain new knowledge in a fun way, practice speed and quick thinking.
P30 Think faster and refresh memories about movie interpretation. P31
Gain new knowledge in a fun way, refreshing, increase competitive tendency. P33
Kahoot give more knowledge related to Movie Interpretation materials. P38
We can know more about many Movie and Movie Interpretation materials. P48
Kahoot Increase knowledge about Movie Interpretation and know the new movie. P49
Kahoot makes me gain new knowledge especially about movies. P58
Kahoot makes me gain new knowledge, we know more movies than before. P62
I think we should use Kahoot continuously, because according to my opinion, the use of Kahoot as an ice breaker helps me a lot in the
learning process so we do not get bored. Interviewee4 It helps me to gain new knowledge, especially about Movie
Interpretation, so it is sort of like learning by playing. Interviewee5 I got a lot of new knowledge from Kahoot in a fun way.
Interviewee5
The last statement which was number fifteen about: “the use of Kahoot does
not affect any of my interest in learning Movie Interpretation” showed that thirty 30 students 45.45 strongly disagree, twenty-seven 27 students 40.90, one
1 student 1.51 chose agree and eight 8 students 12.12 chose strongly agree. The researcher also included some statements that came from the open-ended
45 question on questionnaire and the interview question which were supporting the
students’ perception on the last statement. Kahoot makes people Relax, makes me interest more in Movie
Interpretation subject, the situation in the class more fun. P1 It is fun, and also increase my interest in movie interpretation class.
P11 It motivates to learn more about movie. P24
Kahoot makes me interested a lot to learn about Movie Interpretation, it is also refreshing. P35
It makes me interested a lot to learn about Movie Interpretation, it is fun and also relaxing. P39
Kahoot makes me want to learn more about Movie Interpretation and gain new knowledge in fun way. P46
It is relaxing, Kahoot
is a good program to interest students’ motivation in learning movie interpretation. P47
The researcher also included the data that the researcher obtained from interview session. The data which came from interview session also supported the open-ended
answer above. Yes, because it makes me want to deepen Movie Interpretation subject,
in order to answer questions that is in Kahoot Interviwee3 As I said earlier, I was so much enthusiasm for learning movie
interpretation in order to win Kahoot. It seems like all the subjects will be better if they use Kahoot, so there is some kind of great desire to
learn deepen on the subject. Interviewee4
I become more interested in learning Movie Interpretation after playing Kahoot. It seems that class atmosphere become cozy and comfortable
for learning activity after playing Kahoot. Kahoot seems like refreshing my body and also my spirit. Interviewee5
46 Kahoot gives some kind of relaxation effect during the class. It also
encouraged me to learn and explore more about Movie Interpretation; it will be cool if we become the 5, right? Interviewee4
The data above were also supported by the theory comes from Granic et al 2014 as cited by Siegle 2015 stated that
“games by their very nature require students to be actively engaged, this engagement
increases students’ interactions with content and, in many instances, with each other
” p. 192. From this last statement, it can be seen that Kahoot actually affected the student
s’ interest because it increased the
students’ interactions with the content and also with each other.