Varia Pendidikan, Vol. 21, No. 1, Juni 2009 78 PENERAPAN STRATEGI PEMBELAJARAN THE POWER OF TWO SEBAGAI UPAYA MENINGKATKAN AKTIVITAS DAN PRESTASI BELAJAR IPS SISWA SMP NEGERI 2 KARTASURA

Abstract

This Classrom Action Research aims to know The effectiveness of “the power of two” applications strategy for increase student activity study of IPS, and to know what this applications strategy can increase accomplishment learn student, with detect class student response of SMP 2 kartasura. The data collecting is done with observation sheet, cycle test, inquiry, documentation and interview. accomplishment result data learns and student activities in study is analyzed by using descriptive comparability. The result of this research shows that accomplishment learns student experiences enhanced. This matter visible from cycle test result data that experience average enhanced 20,73%. before watchfulness, the classical learning completely only 39,02%, in my cycle increases to be 70,73% and in second cycle increase again be 80,49%. For activities learns student in course of average study experiences enhanced 18,9%, while the student activities learns in double-groupinf show the average increase until 18,70%. Accomplishment enhanced learns and activities learns also followed with ability enhanced psycomotoric that by student ability enhanced in percentage.