THE EFFECT OF COOPERATIVE LEARNING MODEL TYPE TEAMS GAMES TOURNAMENT (TGT) ON STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT ON HEAT AND TEMPERATURE TOPIC IN CLASS X SMA N 1 BERASTAGI AT ACADEMIC YEAR 2012/2013

Abstract

This study set out to investigate cooperative learning effect on students™ achievement in Physics Topic. observation and hypothesis testing at 0.05 level of significance were formulated to guide the study. The study adopted a quasi-experimental design. Two hundred and eighty eight (288) students of the schools SMA N 1 Berastagi constituted the population. An achievement test items, 20 in number was used for data collection. Mean Standard Deviation and Activity of student™s were used to answer the research question while t-test was used to test the hypothesis and the average every meeting was used to test the activity. The result of the analysis of data collected on the research question showed that students of the Teams Games Tournament  group have better achievement than the Direct Instruction group.Keyword :  Teams Games Tournament , Student Achievement,  Activity,          Physics