ABSTRACT
The purpose of this study is to find out the difference in learning interest and creativity in handicraft subject between male and female second year students at SMP N 3 Tanjung Pura. The population is 107, and the sampling technique used is proportional random sampling. The average outcome for students’ learning interest (Variable X1) is 78, while the average outcome for X2 is 84.86. The average outcome for male students’ creativity (X1) is 84.25, while that of the female students’ (X2) is 83.22. From the result of the hypothesis analysis, it is found out that there is no significant difference between X1 and X2, either in terms of learning interest or creativity. It can be observed from the result of the statistical analysis in which tsum 0.002870846 for learning interest, and tsum = -0.00039365 for creativity. The result is interpreted by ttable with 5%significance level as much of 2.038 and 1%significance level as much as 2.741. Since tsum < ttable, H0 is accepted.
