THE EFFECT OF THE POWER OF TWO ACTIVE LEARNING STRATEGY ON LEARNING ACTIVITIES

Abstract

This research analyzes the influence of the Power of Two type active learning strategy on student learning activities in class IX social studies learning at Mts Jami' Al- Kautsar Kijang Makmur District. Kampar. The aim of this research is to find out how students' learning activities are after using the Power of Two type of active learning strategy in class IX social studies learning, then to find out the effect of the Power of Two type of active learning strategy on student learning activities. in class IX social studies learning.This study is a pre-experimental (non-design) with a one-group pretest-posttest design. The researcher used a saturated sampling technique, often used when the population is relatively small, less than 30 students. The population of this study was all ninth-grade students at Mts Jami' Al-Kautsar Kijang Makmur, consisting of one study group of 28 students. The analysis techniques used were descriptive and inferential analysis.The results of this descriptive study indicate that student learning activities after using the Power of Twoactive learning strategy in ninth-grade social studies at Mts Jami' Al-Kautsar Kijang Makmur were in the very high category, compared to before using the Power of Twoactive learning strategy, which was in the moderate category. The results of the inferential analysis of the hypothesis test data using the difference test obtained a Sign value (two-tailed) that was less than alpha and the t test with manual calculations obtained a calculated t value that was more than the t table, this indicates that Ha is accepted, meaning that there is a significant influence of the use of the active learning strategy of the Power of Two type on the learning activities of class IX students of Mts Jami'Al-Kautsar Kijang Makmur. Selecting the right learning strategy can enhance learning activities in line with the desired learning objectives. The power of two active learning strategies can improve students' independent thinking and discussion skills, as well as their motivation to learn.