THE APPLICATION OF GROUP-INVESTIGATION (GI) COOPERATIVE LEARNING MODEL TO IMPROVE STUDENTS’ GEOGRAPHY ACHIEVEMENT, CLASS X3 SMA NEGERI 9 BANDAR LAMPUN

THE APPLICATION OF GROUP-INVESTIGATION (GI) COOPERATIVE LEARNING MODEL TO IMPROVE STUDENTS’ GEOGRAPHY ACHIEVEMENT, CLASS X3 SMA NEGERI 9 BANDAR LAMPUNG 2010-2011 ACADEMIC YEAR

Neli Isnelly
Guru SMAN 9 Bandar Lampung

Dedy Miswar
FKIP Universitas Lampung

ABSTRACT

This study was intended to meet the need for reforms in improving the teachers’ creativity to teach and manage a classroom learning process. It was based on the responses to the students’ weakening learning quality. This study used a qualitative approach to obtain the data. The data obtained from three cycles of classroom action research were then analyzed. To increase the students’ activities and achievements, GI cooperative learning model was implemented in three cycles. The conclusion in the first cycle was that most students were unfamiliar with the condition of GI cooperative learning model. Therefore, the teachers need to train the students to understand the learning principles of GI cooperative learning model and need to be more careful in allocating their time so that students are more serious. In the second cycle, the students began to be familiar with cooperative learning. Meanwhile, the results of students’ daily tests also increased from 65.625% to 71.875% in the second cycle and to 81.25% in the third cycle. In the third cycle, the researchers tried to integrate a model of cooperative learning and outdoor GI cooperative learning model so that the students were able to use the material taught. The conclusion was that the model of cooperative learning can be used to enhance the students’ activities and achievement through GI cooperative learning model in X3 Class Senior High School 9 Bandar Lampung.

Keywords: learning achievement, learning activities, and GI (Group Investigation) cooperative learning model