%I Fakultas Agama Islam, UHAMKA %N 2 %L repository291 %A Bunyamin Bunyamin %D 2013 %T PENGARUH MINAT BACA TERHADAP PRESTASI BELAJAR SISWA PADA BIDANG STUDI PENDIDIKAN AGAMA ISLAM %X Interest is one of the psychological factors that help and encourage individuals in o given stimulus activities undertaken to achieve the goals to be achieved. Interest in reading is the heart and soul of the tendency of a good that can be read in the form of books, magazines, newspapers, articles and other reading sources that ore considered important and useful that it is something that is needed, note, ond remember constantly followed with feelings of pleasure. Reading is one of the best ways to fill the brain and soul, someone who read a tot will be more extensive insight and knowledge of the people are a little more reading. The purpose of this research study to determine the level of interest in reading The method used in this research is descriptive quantitative data on expressed interest in research through the reading scale in the form of Likert scale. Reading scale consists of 50 items with a level of reliability and validity. The results showed that there were significant positive effect between interest in reading and the learning achievement of Islamic education.That is, the higher the students interest, the higher the academic achievement of Islamic Religious Education students, the reality is students' interest in general were moderate ( 80 % ). Learning achievement was classified as moderate ( 50 % ), because it should teachers choose instructional materials that attract and provide motivation and encouragement to the students to interest in reading high, especially in reading books of other religions besides books pack in school. But the contribution of reading to learning achievement Islamic education obtained from the calculation of the coefficient of determination as much as 10%. So the reading interest of students of SMP Negeri 13 Jakarta is still lacking. %J Jurnal Pendidikan Islam %V 3 %P 77-115